[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 222 (Thursday, December 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H7845]
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:
  Great is Your faithfulness, eternal God of all creation. As the years 
go by, while our attentions stay absorbed on the here and now, You 
remain sovereign over all our days.
  We cannot even fathom the immensity of what You do from one year to 
the next, let alone what You have done from the beginning of time to 
its end.
  Much has transpired, both good and ill, in this year 2021. We have 
lived and thrived in Your grace, and by Your great mercy we have not 
been consumed.
  As we reflect on all that has taken place in these Chambers, in our 
country, and in our own lives, grant us hearts of overflowing gratitude 
for the outpouring of the blessings You have granted us, and produce a 
harvest of righteousness in the discipline You have conferred on us.
  Redeem the memories we lay before You and grant Your favor on the 
hopes we hold for our future. Kindle in our hearts the deep desire for 
the eternity You lay before us. To You whose unfailing love never ends, 
and in the great faithfulness of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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