[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 137 (Friday, August 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7715]
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 Lord, remind us this day of all You can do. Open the 
apertures of both our hearts and minds that we would see and believe 
that there is no violence You cannot suppress, no injustice You cannot 
reverse, and no evil You cannot overcome.
  Help us to enter into this holy mystery that You would allow us to be 
the instruments of Your peace, the agents of Your justice, the 
champions of Your divine love.
  Reassure us that there is no inadequacy that You don't make whole, no 
fear that You don't assuage, and no sin that You have not redeemed.
  Then, with confidence and courage, may we go forth and do our part in 
Your grace plan for this day.
  We offer our prayers strengthened by Your presence and empowered by 
Your most holy name.
  Amen.

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