[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 184 (Wednesday, November 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8651]
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:
  Holy and eternal God, with You a day is like a thousand years and a 
thousand years a day. In the face of the 280 days of warfare in 
Ukraine, help us not to doubt Your sway over time and Your sovereignty 
over our lives. You are not slow to keep Your promise, but we ask Your 
patience with us when we pray for immediate resolution.
  Grant each side and all those immersed in this conflict moral clarity 
in the midst of this horror. Grant us Your vision where there seems to 
be no end in sight. Reveal Your perfect justice and restore the 
livelihoods which have been destroyed and the souls which have been 
crushed.
  Uphold those who remain faithful to the cause of righteousness. 
Continue to grant them the spiritual strength that has, throughout 
their adversity, served as a testimony to the resilience to be found 
only in You.
  For in You, they are known, though regarded as unknown; they are 
dying and yet they live on; beaten and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet 
always rejoicing. For they have found that in You, O Lord, is peace.
  Grant then Your peace to Ukraine and all who suffer from injustice in 
this world. In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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