[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 178 (Thursday, November 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8554]
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:
  Today, O God, we lay before You our petitions, prayers, 
intercessions, and thanksgiving. We request that You bestow upon us the 
joy of Your presence among us, that when we look upon the faces of 
those who labor in these Halls, known and unknown, elected or employed, 
we may see Your image.
  We pray for the health and welfare of this illustrious body, that as 
the scenery changes and the actors move on, around, or off the stage, 
You will uphold each one. Guide them in the roles You have called them 
to fulfill and grant them wisdom to discern the way You would have them 
go.
  Lord, may our prayers serve as an intercession for those who do not 
have enough courage or strength to speak their own needs, for those who 
haven't enough faith to trust what lies ahead, and for those who do not 
know how to receive the mercy You offer us.
  Then accept our offerings of thanksgiving to You for the bounty You 
lay before us--the gift to labor, to serve, and to contribute our 
energies wherever You call us, but especially here in this, our 
Nation's Capital.
  May our words be good and pleasing to You as we pray them in Your 
most holy name.
  Amen.

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