[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 62 (Thursday, April 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1721]
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:
  God, our creator, on a beautiful spring day as it is here in the 
Nation's Capital, it is hard not to lighten our step, hum a tune, and 
be filled with joy at the sights and sounds and the vivid colors and 
enthusiastic displays of Your magnificent handiwork. Thank You for the 
way You break into our ordinary routine with such extraordinary 
reminders that each day is a gift from Your gracious and generous hand.
  So may we then somehow reflect that special something that is 
revealed in Your earthly garden this day. May You shine through us the 
same beauty and radiance that would inspire others to sing with the 
knowledge of the love You desire each of them to enjoy.
  May our encounters with loved ones, co-workers, and even strangers 
somehow be music to their souls. Somehow may our lives be like songs 
and hymns that touch their spirits and resonate in their hearts with 
the melody that You have inspired in all the Earth.
  To You, O Lord, do we lift up our voices in harmony with the chorus 
of creation to sing Your praise.
  In the new life You offer to us in Your holy name do we pray.
  Amen.

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