[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 95 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2711]
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, enable us this day to find reason to rejoice. In our walk 
with You, may we look at things differently. Our minds open to Your 
creative work in the world, in our communities, and in our own lives. 
Help us to see how You make us new, allowing us to leave the past 
behind for the future You desire for us.
  Even as we have been renewed, may we strive to be newly restored one 
to another. Call us to find pathways not just to compromise, but to be 
reconciled with those with whom You have called us to serve in this 
place.
  Enable us to find ways, even in our differences, even with all our 
diverse perspectives, to encourage one another on this journey we call 
life. Restrain us in our inclination to disparage the other and inspire 
us to reach out in concern and support, even to those with whom we 
disagree.
  In all of this, may we be of one mind in our service to this country 
and the ideals on which it was founded. Together, may we find more that 
unifies us than divides us as together we support and defend our 
Republic.
  In Your most merciful name, we pray.
  Amen.

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