[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 187 (Friday, December 2, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8711]
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:
  O Lord, You see and know all things. Strive as we may to gain 
knowledge and insight, there is only so much that we are able to see, 
and even more that we do not know because You have not yet revealed it 
to us. Grant us the grace to see You clearly, that in seeing You, we 
would know You. And in knowing You, we would find faith in the eternal 
and gracious plan we cannot yet see.
  Then may we fix our eyes on You, from whence comes our help. Show us 
that You, who made heaven and Earth, watch over us this day. You are 
our shade at our right hand, that the harshness of the day will not 
harm us. You are our guardian in the night, ensuring that no evil will 
draw near to us.
  In our comings and goings, from things seen and unseen, in the known 
and unknown, now and forevermore, O Eternal One, may we look to You, 
our shield and defender.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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