[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 54 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3867]
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, unite us in Yourself. And in that union, may we find mutual 
comfort in Your loving embrace and the desire to share together in Your 
spirit. May our manner reflect Your tenderness and our motive reflect 
Your compassion. In so doing, may we make Your joy and Your 
satisfaction in us complete.
  Reveal to us how like-minded we are, despite the wide variety of 
opinions and passions. Remind us that we each belong to You, even more 
than to our allegiances and associations. Cause us to reflect how we 
each have received the bounty of Your love, no one of us more so than 
another.
  In our interactions, may we be vessels of that same love, 
acknowledging that both our spirits and minds should be filled with 
Your own.
  Do not allow our self-ambition or vain conceit to govern our actions, 
but humble us that we would esteem and uphold all others above 
ourselves.
  Prevent us from appealing only to our own interests, but lift up our 
eyes that we each would take the time to attend to the welfare of all 
those with and for whom You have called us to serve.
  For You have shown us the example of selfless service. In this may we 
find our inspiration this day.
  We offer our prayer in the strength of Your name.
  Amen.

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