[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 207 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6991]
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 peace, we pray for Your peace this day. In the hustle and 
bustle of the season, when our minds are overwhelmed by competing 
priorities and demanding schedules, we pray for a sense of peace that 
transcends the day-to-day grind and allows us the quietude to catch our 
breath.
  As the world turns on an axis of struggles for supremacy and the 
preservation of whole peoples, we pray for peace among the nations. 
Cause us each to be still and know that You are God, that You alone 
would be exalted in all the Earth.
  In our own hearts, when we find ourselves distressed by personal 
challenges, concerned for members of our family, fearful of our 
adversaries, grant us the peace that is not defined by this life. Let 
not our hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
  O God, You are the Lord of peace. Give us Your peace at all times, in 
all places, in all circumstances. In every way, Lord, be with us.
  In the peace that is found in Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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