[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 10, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4993]
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:
  This morning, O God, keenly aware of the violence and turmoil in 
Israel and throughout the Middle East, we pray with the psalmist who 
wrote:

       Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
       May those who love You be secure.
       May there be peace within Your walls and security within 
     Your citadels.
       For the sake of our families and friends, we will say, 
     Peace be within you.
       For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, we will seek 
     Your good.

  Lord, in Your mercy, for the people of Israel, for the people in 
Gaza, in Your mercy, hear our prayers.
  Amen.

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