[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 83 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4974]
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:
  Omnipotent God, ruler of the universe and source of all life, help us 
to love all that You are and all that You have created. May we show 
respect to both people and planet. In all that we see, may we regard 
everything as a precious gift from You to be revered and appreciated.
  At the same time, as we enjoy the amazing opportunities You have 
afforded us, the bounty of riches You have bestowed on us, the honor 
and privilege to have dominion over the Earth and all her resources, 
may our regard for the world never eclipse our love for You.
  We pray, instead, that You continue to reveal Yourself in the beauty 
of this Earth. May we have the faith to love You first, to look around 
at the remarkable creation that surrounds us and see Your handiwork in 
all that we see.
  Likewise, we ask Your guidance that in the enjoyment of these 
countless gifts You have given us, that we worship the love that has 
provided them and not become so preoccupied with the gifts themselves 
that we cannot see the affection to be found in the hands that offer 
them.
  In all that surrounds us, may we know the love of the giver, and may 
our lives ever be lived in worship of You.
  By the power of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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