[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H]
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:
  Lord, we lift up our hearts to You--even now when the business of the 
day is soon at hand; when there are countless other things that vie for 
our attention. May just this brief acknowledgment of our devotion to 
You be found acceptable.
  We pause for a moment to seek Your presence among us--even if all the 
space we leave for You is just enough for a glimpse. May the light You 
allow to shine into our tight schedules serve to illuminate our 
deliberations and clarify our thoughts this day.
  Tender and merciful God, hear us even when we speak softly to You. 
May we be comforted by Your abiding presence with us and find assurance 
that You are nearer to us than we are aware.
  For You, O God, made us and gave us life and breath and everything 
else. And all You have asked of us is to reach out for You, in our 
busyness, in our preoccupation, or in our reticence, that we may find 
You.
  We do so now. Hear the prayers we offer You as we pray in the name by 
which You have revealed Yourself.
  Amen.

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