[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3647]
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:
  Eternal God, a wise man once said that life is short and we never 
have too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling 
on this journey with us.
  May we heed his words, but more importantly, may we yield to Your own 
counsel to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
  Open our hearts to receive Your wise instruction and fill us with 
compassion for those who tarry with us in this place. In the days that 
You have given us, may we have the discernment and the desire to value 
the opportunities You set before us: to make someone else happy, to put 
someone else at ease, to share the burdens of those around us that keep 
them from enjoying the life You offer.
  Even while the grass withers and the flower fades, may we prove swift 
to love and make haste to be kind.
  In Your gracious name, we pray.
  Amen.

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