[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 49 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3831]
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:
  Fair and merciful God, You love the just and You will not forsake the 
faithful. Inspired and encouraged by Your love may we turn from our 
inclination to serve ourselves, to disadvantage others, and to do what 
is good in Your eyes and honorable in Your sight.
  The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom and their tongues speak with 
equity. Lord of our lives, guard and guide our speech today that it 
would reflect Your goodness and uphold Your justice.
  Then may our decisions align with Your law and our feet never step 
from Your path.
  For our hope is in You. Even as the wicked lie in wait to pounce on 
the innocent, even as their intentions are set on destroying those who 
wish only to live in peace and security, You, O Lord, will not leave or 
forsake them.
  Make firm the steps of those who delight in You, whose hearts are 
pure. Lift up those who stumble and uphold those who share generously 
Your gift of grace.
  We offer our prayer in the strength of Your name.
  Amen.

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