[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 220 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H7839]
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, from the beginning of time You have loved us. When, at 
creation, You set before us Your marvelous handiwork and called it 
good, You gave us the privilege to enjoy all Your grace gifts.
  In this season of enjoyment and gift-giving, may we see You, the 
giver of all things, in the love wrapped in each present.
  In this season of lights, may we see that time and again You 
interrupt the darkness that surrounds us with the warmth and welcome of 
Your own brilliant light.
  In this season when we pray for peace and good will, may we call to 
mind the peace You intended for us at creation, the world You desire 
for us where
  ``The wolf shall live with the lamb,
  the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
  the calf and the lion and the fatling together.''
  Reveal the hope that is ours in the shoot that grows even from the 
driest stump, the child who loves with the most perfect love.
  In the spirit and wisdom that comes from the fear of You, O Lord, 
fill the Earth with the knowledge of Your eternal love.
  In Your holy name we pray.
  Amen.

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