[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2123]
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:
  You, O Lord, are God. It is You who have made us and we are Yours. We 
are Your people, the sheep of Your pasture.
  As we perform the duties You have set before us in the governing of 
our Nation, as we pursue these efforts, remind us of the wondrousness 
of the kinship we have with You. Remind us also that we are ever in 
Your presence, and may our hearts sing about joy and our mouths show 
forth Your praise. Remind us that our lives are Your sanctuary, and so 
may we live them with thanksgiving, and may we enter Your courts with 
praise.
  For You, Lord, are good. Your kind devotion endures forever. Your 
faithfulness extends beyond our lifetimes to all generations.
  In Your grace, grant us reminders of Your closeness to us this day. 
Guide us and all that we do by Your steadfast love.
  In the strength of Your holy name we pray.
  Amen.

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