[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 200 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H9987]
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:
  In this holiday season, O generous One, may our eyes be open to the 
abundance of blessings You have bestowed on us. As we spend time with 
family and friends, may we appreciate the gifts they truly are to us--
companions in life, counselors in perplexity, comrades in adventures.
  As we celebrate religious holidays and traditional festivities, cause 
us to discover the less obvious reasons to rejoice: the return home of 
an estranged son or daughter; the coherence, albeit fleeting, of a 
loved one lost to dementia; the exhilaration of a favorite family board 
game.
  With these blessings and delights before us, may we acknowledge our 
responsibility to foster these fellowships throughout the year, to 
cultivate and cherish the moments we have been given, and to own up to 
our commitments to the flourishing of these relationships.
  We are those to whom much has been given. May we meet the 
expectations that attend these blessings.
  By Your grace, and in Your merciful name, we pray.
  Amen.

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