[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 65 (Monday, April 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4447]
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 first day of the week, O Lord, the world looks a little 
different. With eyes of renewed faith we see the proof of creation with 
which You have blessed us, in the emergence of leaves from the trees 
and the multitude of flowers from the darkness of winter.
  Awaken us to the promise of new life You offer us, where joy emerges 
from the depths of our souls and hope from the bleakness around us. May 
we rejoice in Your creative renewal within us and delight in the signs 
of Your presence among us.
  We pray, then, as we venture into this week and dare to work toward a 
peaceful future, that You will answer even before we speak, that You 
will hear us even before we finish praying.
  Make us the instruments of Your perfect will. Direct our passions to 
bringing the wolf and the lamb together, and our efforts to encouraging 
the lion to eat straw with the ox.
  So may we dedicate ourselves neither to harm nor destroy this Your 
holy creation.
  By Your grace we pray in Your name.
  Amen.

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