[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 7 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H51]
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:
  Holy One, we come before You, resolved and refocused, to attend to 
the business before us. We pray for all that transpired last week, that 
You have blessed what was good: the unity of purpose, the collegial 
ministrations, the common commitment to this country.
  Will You also forgive what fell short? Need we list all our 
transgressions? As we stand here, our iniquities, personal and 
corporate, are ever before us. Your judgment of us would be justified. 
We pray Your mercy.
  Now, as we move forward, bless the work that lies before us. Only by 
Your grace will we be able to confront the myriad of challenges we are 
sure to face in the days, months, and years ahead.
  O Lord, abide with us always in the good, the bad, and the 
challenging. For all things are subject to Your authority. With You to 
strengthen us, we can accomplish and be content in the work You have 
called us to do.
  We offer this prayer in Your most holy name.
  Amen.

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