[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 223 (Monday, January 3, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7847]
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 and infinite God, we approach You this morning praying Your 
benediction on the first year of this 117th Congress.
  In the year that has passed, much has transpired, the likes of which 
we could never have imagined nor predicted, yet all of which has been 
held captive to Your grace plan, both because of and despite our own 
actions and decisions.
  Give Your blessing to those choices we have made and behaviors we 
have displayed which have reflected the divine love, grace, and mercy 
You have shown each of us and this Nation.
  Call us to account for those choices we have made and behaviors we 
have displayed which have fallen short of the attitudes of generosity, 
kindness, and forbearance for which You have created us.
  In this last year, You started a good work in us. Compel each to 
carry it on to completion with decisions of decency, attitudes of 
gratitude, and a commitment to civility in our service to You and to 
this country.
  In the name of the one whose love never ends, we pray.
  Amen.

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