[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 59 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4131]
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 Lord, how majestic is Your name. All the Earth is filled 
with its praise as the seasons change and the winds rise up from the 
plains to proclaim Your glory. Plants emerge from the silence of the 
soil and bloom in celebration of Your creative word.
  Animals roam the forests and the deserts. Their variety and 
vulnerability, strength and symbiosis testify to the eternal balance on 
which You have placed all living things. The driest of riverbeds flood 
when You open the heavens, and the oceans retreat at the pull of Your 
power.
  O Lord, our Lord, may we, too, magnify Your name. May our lives 
respond to Your dominion over all. May we reflect Your gracious 
presence, that everyone we encounter this day would feel the warmth of 
Your fellowship.
  May our words speak the mercy of Your truth, that those whom we 
engage in debate and discussion would hear what You would have us each 
understand: Your perfect will.
  And may our deeds serve as instruments of Your divine love for the 
world and all who dwell therein.
  In our life, in our speech, in our love, we pray that we praise Your 
name this day. By the grace of that majestic name, we pray.
  Amen.

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