[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 154 (Friday, September 22, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4461]
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:
  Break forth Your light like the dawn, O Holy One, and bring Your 
healing to our world, to this place, and to our lives. Only with Your 
blessing will we be restored. Only with You as our guide will we find 
our direction. Only with You as our rear guard will our efforts be 
found righteous.
  Guide us always in the sun-scorched land of mistrust and animosity. 
Satisfy our desire for clarity and replenish our lack of respect for 
You and for each other.
  Strengthen the framework of our democracy that what we do today will 
shore up the foundation of our country's government, repair the breach 
of the broken walls of our common good, and restore the paths which 
lead toward the faithful stewardship of our Nation's trust.
  Hear us when we call, O Lord, and preside over us and the events of 
these days ahead, that we may find healing in the certainty of Your 
presence and approval in the accomplishment of Your will.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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