[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 179 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following 
prayer:
  O Lord, our God, how majestic is Your name in all the Earth. We need 
only look to the skies to witness Your glory set above the heavens and 
over all the Earth.
  Children in their innocent wisdom offer You praise by the pure joy of 
their laughter, their loving embrace of the world around them, and 
their trust in Your care and compassion.
  Let us then, this day, consider Your handiwork, the work of Your own 
hands, the Moon and the stars, the waters of the sea, and the mountains 
and plains You have set in place. And when we do, give us pause to 
consider that despite our own insignificance, You are mindful of us. 
Born of the Earth, we nevertheless are graced to receive Your tender 
care and are crowned with the honor to serve You.
  May we prove worthy of the responsibilities You have laid before us: 
for all flocks and herds, the beasts of the field, the birds of the 
air, and the fish of the sea.
  We, who rule over all that Your hands have created, glorify Your name 
in all the Earth. O Lord, it is in Your majestic name we pray.
  Amen.

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