[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 57 (Thursday, March 31, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H4020-H4021]
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:
  Gracious God, take this day into Your keeping. Let no minute pass 
that we fail to realize that You have ordained its stewardship, guided 
our footsteps, and allowed our enjoyment of it.
  For You only had to speak, and the heavens were created. You breathed 
Your words, and the stars were born. You assigned the sea its 
boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
  Holy God, we marvel at Your handiwork and stand in awe of Your power. 
So may we realize that You are at work in us this day.
  In reverence to You, may we display the beauty of Your creation in 
us. May we be true to the purposes for which You have placed us in this 
time, in this place.
  From our mouths, may there come forth words that reflect both Your

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truth and Your compassion. May our attitudes reveal the care and 
concern You have for all those You have made in your image.
  Let our lives ever flow with the love You have shown us that all may 
come to rejoice in Your loving kindness.
  In Your merciful name, we pray.
  Amen.

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