[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H9921]
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:
  Come Lord, our Redeemer; quickly come. Send Your spirit, Your spirit 
of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and might, that this world of 
pain and sadness, of war and dissension, would find peace and joy in 
the knowledge of You, O Lord, our God.
  In the dark streets of our war-torn world, the alleys of our crime-
ravaged cities, on the aisles of our divided Nation, shine Your 
everlasting light.
  Dare we hope that after 300 days of the violence and suffering in 
Ukraine that You would cause the wolf to dwell with the lamb?
  In the randomness of horror pillaging the towns and cities of our own 
country, will You tame the leopard to lie down alongside the goat?
  Can the calf and the lion in our own house dwell in harmony?
  Lead us, O God, to this most holy moment, that we not just dare to 
believe, but that we would be compelled to play our part in 
establishing Your peace in our world, in our Nation, and in this place.
  Savior, like a shepherd lead us. We pray in Your name for our 
redemption.
  Amen.

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