[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4582]
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:
  O Lord, our God, on this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember.
  We remember the 6 million lives of Jewish men, women, and children, 
and the millions of others whose very being was arbitrarily deemed a 
disgrace, and whose light among us was extinguished. Now they, like the 
heavens, have no speech, nor are there words, their voice is not heard. 
And yet, their cries resound to the ends of the Earth.
  Remind us again that each life is sacred; Yours is the breath held in 
the soul of each person.
  We remember that it only took one person to fuel a horrendous 
movement of hatred, abuse, and genocide. Though one person, there were 
countless others who would not speak out against the seduction of power 
or stand up to the sway of control.
  Holy God, remind us that this murderous evil still roams the Earth 
this day. Convict us who remain silent and shield our eyes from the 
raging fire of inhumanity.
  Then inspire us from remembrance to action, from indifference to 
indignation, from silence to speech. Then may the words of our mouths 
be effective in Your sight, the meditations of our hearts be worthy of 
Your blessing, that never again would we allow the catastrophe of the 
Holocaust to touch Your children.
  In Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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