[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H119-H120]
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:
  On this day, O Lord our God, give us a fresh anointing, a sure sense 
of purpose and protection, as we execute the responsibilities You and 
the American people have entrusted to us.
  And with Your Spirit in our midst, may we each walk in humility, with 
a healthy sense of our strengths and our weaknesses, our unique gifts 
and our vulnerabilities.
  May we walk in gentleness, with the power we could wield under the 
authority of Your purpose. Guard us against our own inclinations to 
dominate or defend. But spur us to engage in kind disagreements and 
civil conversation.
  Help us to walk in patience, to bear one another in love, a love born 
of selflessness and mercy, respect and forbearance.

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  God and creator of us all, You are above all and through all and in 
all. May we each give testimony to the grace and peace to be found in 
You.
  We offer this prayer in Your most holy name.
  Amen.

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