[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 63 (Monday, April 11, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4437]
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:
  We pray, O God, this morning for all those in our communities, our 
country, and throughout the world who feel abandoned by You. They are 
discouraged as there are no easy answers forthcoming. There appears no 
reason for hope.
  In Your compassion, gather them in. May those who feel estranged from 
their families find relationships restored. May those who struggle to 
make ends meet, find the abundance of Your grace. And may those who are 
threatened by the caprice of conflict find shelter in Your divine care.
  Reveal to us again Your everlasting love.
  Restore to us once more the certainty of Your steadfast faithfulness.
  Redeem our world that injustice and enmity would find nowhere to 
thrive.
  Then may we build on Your foundation of righteousness and establish a 
world free of oppression and without fear of terror. For You, O Lord, 
have promised to be near to us forever.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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