[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 90 (Friday, May 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2645]
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:
  On this Memorial Day, we lift our voices in prayer to You, O God, for 
those whose eyes fail because of their tears, whose spirits are greatly 
troubled, whose hearts are poured out on the earth. Our lamentation is 
on behalf of those who have no voice, their throats stricken with 
grief.
  Merciful God, cast Your eyes upon those parents, spouses, children, 
and cherished friends whose heads are bowed over well-worn photos of 
their favorite servicemember, whose tears fall on names etched in 
stone, and whose cries spring forth from hearts overflowing with 
sorrow.
  We pray as a Nation, ever grateful for the costly sacrifice our 
country's heroes have made on the altar of freedom.
  We pray as brothers and sisters in faith, in the certain hope that 
one day You will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
  We pray, O Lord, that those who have died have not died in vain. Stir 
in us a renewed commitment to liberty and freedom.
  Receive our petitions, dear God, that those who mourn this day will 
know the comfort of Your everlasting arms. Give ear to our prayers, 
that in You we will find peace.
  In memory of our fallen and in the strength of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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