[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H633]
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:
  Almighty God, how good and pleasant it is when people live in unity. 
And on this day, when many have been in fellowship together at the 
National Prayer Breakfast, people of different parties and nations have 
broken bread together, people of different beliefs have shared in 
faith, we give You thanks for the harmony of their devotion to You and 
for giving us a glimpse of what is good and pleasant in Your eyes.
  May all of us have the willingness to look for such common ground in 
our engagements with one another, whether it be over a matter of policy 
or in a moment of prayer. Reveal Yourself to us in the other, that in 
them we would see again what is good and pleasant in Your eyes.
  Sovereign God, remind us that to strive for unity does not mean to 
disparage diversity. Rather, You call us to be one in You, for there we 
will discover that the dissonance of our voices will resolve to 
harmony. How good and pleasant that would be.
  In Your loving name we pray.
  Amen.

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