[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 36 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1151]
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 were working on us before we even knew to look for You. 
You have put people, situations, and events in our lives to draw us to 
yourself, that we would come to know You and appreciate Your steadfast 
love for us.
  Continue to open our eyes that we may see Your masterful hand at 
work. As we gaze about us, may we look with Your eyes to see how You 
are reflected in the faces of those who share in creation with us.
  Give us the insight to understand how certain challenges we have 
faced have strengthened us to serve You better, to understand that our 
pain has given us empathy that we would be better suited to attend to 
the suffering of others.
  Enable us to seize the opportunities You have put before us that 
allow us to participate in Your creative purpose, to appreciate and 
respect Your willingness to trust us with your handiwork.
  In responding to You, may we prove to be good and faithful stewards 
in the care and tending of the gracious gifts we have received by Your 
hand.
  We offer this prayer in Your most holy name.
  Amen.

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