[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 100 (Monday, June 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5450]
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:
  You, O Lord, ruler of the universe, we call on You today. Make us 
aware of Your presence here in this place.
  Gracious God, not a breath is taken, not a bird falls from the sky, 
without Your knowledge. Such knowledge is too wonderful to conceive and 
at other times a confounding mystery.
  Lord, we believe. Help our unbelief. Remind us of Your abiding love 
which, by the gift of Your eternal spirit, You have never withheld from 
us from the beginning of time even unto today.
  How wonderful it is to trust in Your sovereignty. How wonderful but 
how terrible when we come face to face with the tragedies we simply 
cannot accept, nor in which can we see Your merciful hand at work.
  Remind us again that You deigned to set the world in motion, then 
blessed us with the opportunity to participate in Your grace plan for 
creation. And with that blessing, which is truly beyond our imagining, 
You have also laid on us the mantle to uphold and protect the values 
You have imbued in us.
  In our attempts to live into these responsibilities as they reveal 
themselves in each encounter, may we feel Your nearness to us, and the 
guidance and direction You provide.
  We offer ourselves to You, responding with lives of faith and praying 
to serve You this day as a reflection of Your peaceful presence and 
unwavering love in our midst.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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