[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 46 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1253]
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:
  How great are Your works, Lord. Your thoughts are unfathomable. Open 
our minds this day to the vastness of Your truth and reveal our need 
for Your law that we would not deceive ourselves with our own 
understanding. Cause us to think of the incredible depth of Your 
knowledge and how limited our own human perspective is that we would 
discover how much we still need to learn from You.
  Teach us that You are to be found in all of nature's beauty and 
bounty, and yet You are still greater than all of creation. Teach us 
that even our most profound thoughts of You cannot compare to the 
breadth and depth of Your being. Teach us that even when we love You 
with our whole selves, Your love for us surpasses our deepest devotion 
to You.
  In Your greatness may we, in our weakness, learn to rely on You for 
all that we need this day and what You have in store for us. In Your 
unfathomable mystery, may we take refuge in the divine plan You intend 
for us. In Your unconditional and incomprehensible love, may we receive 
the mercy You desire for us.
  In the majesty of Your hallowed name we pray.
  Amen.

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