[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H4200-H4201]
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:
  Sovereign God, nothing in all of creation is hidden from Your sight. 
Your eyes, O Lord, are everywhere. You see everything from the wars 
that rage around the world and into the recesses of each heart. 
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before Your eyes that all must 
give account.
  Call to account, then, the wicked and the good. Unspeakable 
atrocities have taken place throughout Ukraine. Bring to justice those 
who have failed to demonstrate any evidence of human decency. Bring to 
Your court those who have disregarded the precious life of the 
innocent.
  Raise up the good and strengthen the noble, and give success to their 
efforts to shield and shelter the displaced and

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defeated. Embolden the voices of those who would speak truth to power 
and amplify their words that Your truth would reach even the hardest of 
hearts.
  Give wisdom to the leadership, to our own, as they balance the moral 
responsibility to aid those in danger with the evident risk of 
escalation; and to President Zelenskyy and his advisers, that they 
would remain courageous and inspiring in their quest for peace and 
security in their country.
  Keep Your eyes upon us, O Lord. Conceal not our sin from Your sight, 
but let Your righteousness be revealed and Your justice accomplished.
  In the power of Your name, we pray.
  Amen.

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