[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H949]
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:
  Spirit of the living God, breathe Your grace and love into the 
business and the busyness of this day.
  Make us aware of our breath, that we would inhale the refreshment of 
Your peace, a peace we do not always, and perhaps cannot fully, 
understand.
  Help us to exhale stress--all the thoughts, nuisances, concerns that 
overwhelm, terrify, or inhibit our ability to see that You abide with 
us even still.
  May we breathe in Your goodness, allowing it to penetrate the 
hardness of our hearts and the reluctance of our spirits to live kindly 
and gently with the people with whom we serve.
  Then help us to breathe out our anxiety and aggravations caused by 
the differences that divide us and the troubles of the world around us.
  Enable us to inhale Your wisdom and exhale our pride, to take in Your 
encouragement, and to push out despair.
  Holy God, we invite You into our hearts and minds this day that You 
would refresh us with the clarity and understanding only You provide.
  Breathe on us breath of God. Fill us with life anew. We pray this in 
the life-giving strength of Your holy name.
  Amen.

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