[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 7 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H111]
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:
  With what can we come before You, O Lord, this day? How shall we 
honor You, O Lord, most exalted?
  Shall we come before You with the sacrifice of our time and energy as 
proof of our dedication to serve You and the people we have been set 
apart to represent?
  Will You be pleased with the multitude of our meetings and 
appointments, with the bounty of our hard-earned achievements? What 
should we lay before You to make up for our mistakes and missteps? How 
can we possibly atone for the transgressions of our souls?
  Take away all that blinds us from what You have already shown us is 
good and acceptable in Your sight. Let us place before You the only 
sacrifice You require of us:
  To do what is fair and just in all facets of our lives.
  To be patient and compassionate, taking the initiative to show 
kindness even to those who are hard to be kind to.
  To humble ourselves enough that we demonstrate that our love for You 
far exceeds our own self-interests.
  In these offerings alone may we achieve what is the good pleasure of 
Your desire for our service to You and to this Nation. In your merciful 
name we pray.
  Amen.

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