[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2748]
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, You call us into relationship with You. That we can stand 
here in the place of our labor, in the middle of our day-to-day lives 
and, with confidence in Your love and mercy, approach You with our 
hopes and concerns, our joys and our burdens, is nothing short of a 
profound privilege.
  Evoke in us the certainty of Your gracious plan for us, so that as we 
consider the problems set before us, our response would serve as a 
testimony to the love, joy, and peace to which You call us.
  Deepen our trust in Your providence and care so that as we tackle the 
work ahead of us, we would face all that we encounter with patience, 
kindness, and generosity.
  Awaken us to the goodness and worth of each person with whom we 
serve. Despite our differences or our diffidence, our proximity or our 
disparity, may we encounter each one with faithfulness, gentleness, and 
self-control.
  Remind us that there are no laws that prohibit us from either 
receiving or giving these precious proofs of Your spirit at work in us. 
And so, we dedicate ourselves to the stewardship of all that You have 
bestowed on us and recommit ourselves to bear the fruit of Your love.
  In Your generous name we pray.
  Amen.

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