[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 58 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4077]
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:
  Lord, You are gracious and righteous. You, O God, our God, are full 
of compassion. Hear our voices this morning. O Lord, hear our cries for 
Your mercy. May we call on You this day and every day as long as we 
live.
  Today, we lay before You the deliberations of this past week and ask 
Your blessing. Where we have fallen short, we pray that You, in Your 
generosity, would weave our failings into the marvelous tapestry of 
Your grace plan, that despite our inadequacies and missteps, Your will 
would be revealed.
  We pray Your blessings over our accomplishments. Advance them in 
accordance with Your will that the good we intended would align with 
Your intent and reflect Your grand design.
  And, as the week comes to a close, we pray You grant our lawmakers 
respite from their labor, refreshment with family and friends, that 
upon their return next week, they would be rejuvenated in their service 
to You and to this country.
  In hope for Your favor and in the strength of Your merciful name we 
pray.
  Amen.

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