[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 214 (Tuesday, January 2, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H7023]
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 is the day, the year, You, O Lord, have made. Let us rejoice and 
be glad in them, for by Your grace You provide for us possibility and 
hope for our future.
  As we continue in our service to You in 2024, may we pause often to 
acknowledge that each moment is a gift that You desire us to enjoy. 
Each challenge is an opportunity that You strengthen us to overcome. 
Each disappointment is a siren to return to faith in Your mercy. Each 
encounter is a grace gift given that we would share the unconditional 
love You offer us all.
  As we step into Your design for this new year, we pray to be faithful 
stewards of Your bounty, just arbiters of Your commandments, 
compassionate witnesses to Your kindness, and worthy disciples to Your 
Gospel of love.
  We offer our hopes and fears for this new year and our whole selves 
to Your keeping, praying in the strength of Your name.
  Amen.

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