[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6275]
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:
  Equip us, O Lord, this day with the full armor You provide, that we 
would be confident to stand for whatever is true, whatever is noble, 
whatever is right and pure.
  May these, Your divine intentions, be the principles we strive to 
preserve this day. In everything we do, with Your steadfast love as our 
foundation, may we stand unwavering.
  Gird us then with the belt of truth, the breastplate of 
righteousness. Prepare us to give testimony to Your peace and to hold 
high a defense of faith in Your gracious plan.
  Protect us with the covering of Your deliverance and attune our 
hearts to the piercing insight of Your word.
  May Your confidence in us not be in vain, but may we prove worthy in 
wielding the power of Your mercy.
  Then may all those who seek to undermine decency, who rejoice in 
rancor and capitalize on conflict, may they all fall defenseless before 
Your throne of grace.
  For it is only in Your grace that we find hope and by the power of 
Your name are we able to pray.
  Amen.

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