[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 186 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8675]
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:
  Loving God, You long to be gracious to us. When our wishes and hopes 
rush at us like wild animals, when our personal agendas and self-
serving desires threaten to determine the course of our day, we ask 
that You would interrupt the cacophony of chaos and speak Your grace to 
us. Envelop us in the wideness of Your mercy and show us Your 
compassion.
  You, O Lord, are a God of justice. When our understanding of equity 
is dimmed by our sense of entitlement and our urge to be right blinds 
us from pursuing what is moral, repair our relationships with Your 
righteous judgment. Then, as You envelop us in the wideness of Your 
mercy, show us how to show compassion.
  God, You do not spare us the bread of adversity nor the water of 
affliction. Open our eyes to that which You reveal to us in these 
moments, open our ears that we would hear the assurance of Your voice, 
and open our hearts to receive Your salvation. For by Your grace, You 
envelop us in the wideness of Your mercy and in You we will find 
compassion.
  In Your loving name we pray.
  Amen.

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