[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6945]
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:
  God of grace and truth, dwell among us today in all Your glory. In 
Your gracious arms, receive all of us, sinners though we are, and show 
us Your compassion. Welcome us into Your steadfast loving-kindness, 
though we are all undeserving of such divine mercy.
  But isn't that the truth You have been trying to tell us all along? 
You have created us to be the agents of Your love, the hands of Your 
compassion, the mouth of Your message of righteousness and justice. But 
too often we fall short of Your will in our service to You.
  Yet with unmerited favor, in Your fullness we have received grace 
upon grace. You have forgiven our faithlessness, redeemed our 
waywardness, and offered us the promise of Your salvation.
  In this holy season, may our lives reflect the light You have shone 
in our darkness, the blessings You have bestowed on us. And may we find 
countless opportunities to share the joy we have found in You, that all 
may know of the depth of Your love.
  By Your grace in the truth of Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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