[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H197]
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, You have set before us so many heroes and legends who have 
run the race faithfully and left behind them legacies that have 
contributed to breaking oppressive barriers and freeing history from 
intolerant attitudes.
  On this weekend, we honor the legendary Martin Luther King, Jr., 
whose life and service exemplified faith and fortitude in the face of 
prejudice, whose courage and compassion stood firm against bigotry and 
hate.
  You, O Lord, were King's deliverer, and You have promised to deliver 
us from our personal ordeals and tragic situations. Call us to heed his 
words of hope, that it is up to us to respond to life's situations not 
with bitterness, but with a commitment to transform our suffering into 
a creative force.
  For You, O Lord, are the creative source of our hope.
  Redeem our lives this day. Redeem our suffering, our tragedies, our 
bitterness, that the legacy we leave behind would prove as faithful.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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