[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 171 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5564]
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:
  God, search our hearts and examine our minds. Reach into our inmost 
being and call us to account for what resides therein.
  Then heal us, Lord, and we will be healed. Heal us from all that has 
wounded our spirits or hindered us from living into our best selves.
  Save us and we will be saved. Save us from the uncertainty and unrest 
of these days. Save us from all that distracts us from seeing You--Your 
hand in our lives or Your face reflected in those around us.
  We ask for a word from You. Speak that we may hear. Attend to our 
pleas that we may be assured of Your favor. Then may Your grace plan be 
fulfilled in our lives.
  At the end of the day, O Lord, reward us according to our 
faithfulness to the tasks You have laid before us. Give us not what our 
deeds deserve, but may we receive what Your grace provides.
  In Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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