[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H885]
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 God, turn our eyes so that they remain fixed only on You, for in 
You we behold all that is good and right and holy. How can we be 
inclined toward anything else?
  So then may we cease to try to serve both You and the things around 
us. Keep us from becoming obsessed with the stuff of this world: money, 
power, and success, loving these things and failing to show our love 
for You through our generosity, humility, and compassion.
  May we redirect our loyalty for one side or another, the rightness of 
our argument, our disparagement of those with whom we disagree, for 
such behavior fails to show our fealty to You but instead reflects our 
contempt for Your desires for faithfulness, reconciliation, and respect 
for Your presence in the people and purposes You set before us.
  This day, in all that we do, all that we say, and all that we are, 
may we serve only You.
  In Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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