[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1137]
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:
  Almighty God, hear our prayers for our world. As troops are amassed 
this day outside the Ukrainian border, not only is the delicate balance 
of the world's order frighteningly precarious, but thousands of 
Ukrainian citizens fear for their lives, and thousands more risk the 
destruction of their livelihoods.
  For these men and women who have so briefly enjoyed their country's 
sovereignty, we pray Your hedge of protection, Your defense of their 
freedoms against the aggression of their adversary.
  Bless those who wait upon You in the midst of their trials. Keep them 
safe in Your dwelling place. Hear their voices as they call to You, O 
Lord. Hear their prayers in their time of trouble. Be merciful to them 
and answer them.
  We pray that You would reveal Your way through the hostility of 
critical negotiations. Do not hide Your face in the confrontation of 
ideology, ideations, and indifference which portend widespread human 
suffering, untold destruction to the welfare of an entire country, and 
instability in the region and across the globe.
  We hold firmly to Your promise that we ``shall see the goodness of 
the Lord in the land of the living.'' O Lord, our God, fulfill this 
promise in our broken world this day.
  We offer this prayer in Your sovereign name.
  Amen.

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