[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8225]
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:
  We turn to You, O Lord, claiming Your promise to bring good news to 
the poor, bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom for the captives, 
and release from darkness for the prisoners.
  Send the goodness of Your transforming word to those in Ukraine and 
throughout the world who, because of the oppression and hardships they 
face, cannot afford a meal or heat for their homes. May they know the 
wealth of Your divine provision.
  Attend to those whose hearts are broken at the loss of loved ones by 
the hands of the enemy. May they feel Your tender love upholding them 
in these days.
  Grant release to the prisoners of war who are being held captive for 
crimes they did not commit but who fought against brutal ideologies 
they could not tolerate. May they soon be freed into the arms of their 
loved ones, embraced by their communities once again.
  And for those who sit imprisoned by the darkness of despotism, whose 
hearts are bound by selfish desires for power and control, shine Your 
light into their souls, that they would be disarmed by Your peace, 
redeemed by Your love, that they would put down their weapons and 
foreswear their malevolent ways.
  In Your sovereign name, we pray.
  Amen.

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