[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 189 (Tuesday, December 6, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8759]
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:
  Prepare our hearts, O Lord, to accept the path You have set before 
us. In the desert of uncertainty and anticipation, make the way 
straight.
  Then may the valleys of discordant voices and opposing opinions be 
filled in, every mountain of pride and every hill of self-promotion be 
leveled. May every precipitous issue become a plateau of collegial 
discourse, and the rough places of doubt become a plain smoothed by 
faith.
  Reveal to us, O Lord, the glory of Your presence, that all of us, 
from every corner, from each side of the divide, would see it together. 
Speak, O Lord, that the words from Your mouth would be sweet to our 
ears and spoken from our lips.
  Then, Lord, come with might, that Your arm would rule in our lives, 
and our reward would be to dwell in Your generous and gracious 
presence.
  Feed us, O Shepherd, with Your word. Gather us together like sheep in 
Your fold. Carry this body close with You that we would remain with You 
this day and always.
  In the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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