[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1344]
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:
  O Lord, our God, will now be the time when You reveal Your favor? 
Answer those who cry to You, O compassionate Lord, for Your blessing 
this day.
  Is today the day of salvation? Help those, Almighty God, who find 
themselves in unspeakable danger and desperately in need of Your saving 
grace at this very moment.
  Will You allow release for the prisoners of tyranny?
  Will You shine light on those who have been enveloped in the darkness 
of destruction?
  Have pity on those who suddenly find themselves physically and 
spiritually hungry and thirsty.
  Have pity on them and lead them by springs of living water. Refresh 
them again with hope found only in You. Do not let them be struck down, 
they who endure the scorching wind of war and the heat of battle.
  Turn impassable mountains into an open road and raise up Your 
highways above any obstruction of passage. May those who seek refuge 
find shelter in You and those who suffer brought safely toward Your 
haven of compassion.
  We call upon Your strong and sovereign name.
  Amen.

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