[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H921]
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:
  You are the Lord, You alone. You have made the Heavens with all their 
host, the Earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in 
them. To each and every living creature You give life; all of Heaven 
worships You.
  So may we be a nation at prayer. In Your merciful hands we place the 
protection of our country, the welfare of its citizens.
  We humble ourselves before You this day and confess our wanderings 
from You. May we return to You and receive Your promise to heal our 
land.
  Thus, may our contrition inspire our recommitment to the people and 
purposes You have called us to serve. May our repentance be the 
foundation of faith which brings forth Your favor over this Nation. May 
our remorse become the reason for reconciliation with those with whom 
we disagree deeply.
  Bless us, O Lord, and embolden us--as individuals, as a body, as a 
nation--to live lives holy and acceptable in Your sight.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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