[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5743]
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, our God, we exalt and praise Your name. For You, in Your 
perfect faithfulness, have done wonderful things, things planned long 
ago.
  Reveal Your steadfast love to those who are being ravaged by 
senseless warfare--the Ukrainians whose cities are a heap of rubble, 
whose towns are now ruined--but not because of Your vengeance. The 
breath of the ruthless has been like a storm driving against a wall, 
like the heat of the desert.
  Holy God, silence the uproar. Give relief from the intensity of this 
battle. Still the song of the avenger.
  Once again, prove Yourself the refuge for the poor in spirit, a 
refuge for the needy in distress. Provide the people of Ukraine shelter 
from the storm of war waged against them. Give them shade from the 
oppressor's heat of wrath.
  Then, sovereign Lord, wipe away the tears from all faces, remove the 
disgrace of Your people. May they rise to proclaim:
  ``Surely, this is our God. We trusted in Him, and God saved us. This 
is the Lord. We trusted in God; let us rejoice and be glad in God's 
salvation.''
  So may it be, according to Your Word, we pray.
  Amen.

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