[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 62 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4399]
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:
  On this morning, Lord, hear our voices as we lift up our prayers to 
You from the depths of our hearts. We lay our requests before You, 
appeals that are both simple and serious, of both concern and calamity, 
known and unknown to the people around us.
  And we wait expectantly for Your response--not knowing how or when 
that will come--but in faith we anticipate Your answer, and with faith 
we pray we are ready to receive it.
  And as You have listened to us, make us attentive to Your wisdom. 
With ears to hear, may we take note of Your whispers and open ourselves 
to hear Your divine voice breaking into our lives.
  We incline our hearts toward You this day, that You would grant us 
understanding in all that confounds us. Help us to receive Your 
guidance as You lead us in the way we should go. And may we thrive on 
the depth of Your compassion in all that we do and say.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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