[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5961]
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:
  Amazing God, Your love surprises us. Regardless of who we are or 
where we have come from, what we have thought or how we have lived, You 
reach into our lives, into our very souls and draw us into Your loving 
embrace. How can we thank You?
  And then You send us forth to demonstrate what love, joy, peace, 
patience, kindness, generosity, and faithfulness should look like in 
this broken world. How can we best do that?
  In a time that thrives on superficiality, may we practice honesty. 
When it is too easy to capitalize on weaknesses, may we share our 
competencies. Rather than hide our vulnerability, may we dare to trust.
  Then may we hear Your encouragement to erase the dividing lines of 
differences that all may be enfolded in Your everlasting arms.
  May we rely on Your strength to care for those hardened by hurt, that 
all would discover Your tender love.
  Surprise us again and again, O Lord, by Your mercy, that we would be 
inspired anew to serve You this day in our service to Your world.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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