[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 112 (Monday, June 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  Holy God, hear our prayers for those for whom, not just yesterday, 
but every day is PTSD Awareness Day. We lift up our voices on behalf of 
those who strive to endure the constant echoes of their trauma: 
military veterans, survivors of abuse, people who serve within these 
very buildings, and countless others who have walked through the 
firestorms of doubt and danger, the unresolved anguish that is post-
traumatic stress.
  Like the prophet Habakkuk, we lament the unheard cries, the 
unrelenting fear, the ongoing inner strife, and the withdrawal from any 
form of life-giving community.
  God speak Your word to those who are so overwhelmed that they accuse 
You of silence.
  God, do not be indifferent to the suffering of those who, they 
themselves, have lost all sense of feeling.
  God reveal Your justice in the torment of the innocent.
  Lord God, we lay our unresolved questions and our unrequited faith 
before You. Be our strength and guide our steps that they who grieve 
would once again be able to find hope.
  O, God of our salvation, we lift our prayers to You.
  Amen.

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