[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 186 (Friday, October 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5795]
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, You have asked of us, above all things, to love our neighbor. 
Help us to live into that difficult yet simple commandment.
  The other half of that command is not easy either, that we are to 
love them as we love ourselves. Holy God, for a variety of reasons, 
loving ourselves is often difficult.
  Remind us that You first loved us. Your love has forgiven us all our 
faults, excused our shortcomings. May we bask in that redemption with 
gratitude for Your mercy.
  Then, as we turn to our neighbors--those we find in our communities, 
in our country, in this Chamber--enable us to understand that what we 
do to them should be a reflection of what You have so mercifully done 
for us.
  If in response to Your willingness to love us--allowing us to 
discover our worth, our value--then we will be willing to love them, 
and our neighbors will be encouraged and strengthened and our 
relationship with them transformed.
  God of love, we pray that this day, we would remain faithful to Your 
Golden Rule and live as examples of Your merciful and gracious love.
  In Your redemptive name we pray.
  Amen.

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