[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4461]
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:
  Almighty God, we lift up our voices to You. We come into Your 
presence with singing. Granted, some of us can only make a joyful noise 
and others are hard-pressed to carry anything close to a melodious 
tune, but we rejoice knowing You are the one who made us. We each 
belong to You. In this we find our delight.
  So may we serve You with gladness, that our voices would speak of 
Your infinite goodness. Give us gentle words to turn away the asperity 
of dissent and divisiveness. Restrain our harsh words that we would not 
contribute to quarrels nor fuel dispute.
  We are the sheep of Your pasture. May we enter Your gates with 
praise. May we fill Your courts, this Chamber, with thanksgiving.
  For You, the Lord, are good, and Your steadfast love endures forever. 
Your faithfulness is to all generations. In the joy of Your name we 
pray.
  Amen.

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