[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 182 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5381]
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:
  Loving God, abide with us from this moment of prayer and remain with 
us all the day long. With You beside us, may we live into the 
righteousness, into the integrity that we cannot obtain on our own.
  Align our hearts with Your heart so that any thought that comes to 
our minds, every word that leaves our mouths, every sight we see or 
look we give, would reflect Your divine goodness and reveal Your 
steadfast love for each and every person we encounter.
  As we close out the end of this long and taxing week, may what is 
left of our limited strength be reinforced with Your infinite strength, 
whatever shred of patience we have left be infused with Your unfailing 
patience with us, and whatever ounce of compassion we can muster be 
magnified by Your compassionate and steadfast love for us and for all 
people.
  Abide in us and may we abide in You. For without You, the fruit of 
our labor is worth nothing, but in You may we bear the fruit of Your 
Holy Spirit.
  In Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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