[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7745]
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:
  Eternal God, You have received into Your holy presence Your servant, 
Queen Elizabeth II. As she lays down her crown before Your throne, 
grant her rest from her labors and reward for her toil.
  Remove from her shoulders the responsibilities You bestowed upon her, 
which she bore faithfully. Honor her for the devotion she has shown 
throughout her lifetime to You and to Your people.
  Give peace to the people of the United Kingdom that in this period of 
mourning and transition, they will call upon their noble history and 
exercise the dignity of their heritage. Inspire in them the desire to 
uphold the divine values their Queen strove so diligently to protect.
  May her memory be a blessing and her virtue a standard.
  Then above all the pomp and circumstance, speak to leaders around the 
world to remind them that kingdoms and principalities are ever subject 
to Your will. Their rise and fall are at Your decree. Grant peace and 
prosperity to all who are placed in positions of power, who heed Your 
word and yield to Your authority. And may we who are called to serve 
You in these days, be a crown of beauty and a royal diadem in Your 
hand, O Lord our God.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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