[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 168 (Friday, October 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5011]
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:
  Sovereign God, bend down from Your throne and give ear to our fervent 
prayers for this world, for our Nation, for this Congress, and for its 
leaders. Time and again, You have shown us that we cannot put our trust 
in princes, in mortals in whom no help is found.
  From where then will our help come? Remind us that our help comes 
from the Lord, You, who made Heaven and Earth. In You alone can we 
trust.
  We are at the crossroads of much uncertainty. Do not let our feet be 
moved from the way You would have us go. Teach us to keep our eyes 
fixed on You. Guide us with Your right hand.
  We find ourselves deeply disturbed by events around the globe, 
frustrated by the discord at home. Do not let the heat of our anger 
strike us this day, nor allow our anguish to overwhelm us at night.
  In this time of turmoil and transition, on this day of global jihad, 
keep this House and its Members from all evil. Ensure that the soul of 
this Nation, the welfare of all Your people, are unharmed.
  Keep us all in our goings out and our comings in, from this time 
forth and forevermore.
  Sure of the strength we find in Your eternal name, we pray.
  Amen.

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