[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H153]
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:
  You, O Lord, have been our God forever, and have delivered us from 
peril and menace time and again. We acknowledge no other God but You. 
Not our power or might, but only You can uphold us. We confess no other 
savior but You--neither our wit, nor our own wisdom, but Yours alone 
can redeem us.
  For You have cared for us in our wilderness. You have provided 
shelter for us in the scorching heat of anxiety and the raging storms 
that threaten our well-being.
  Deliver, then, Your people from the relentless power of devastation 
and desolation. After almost 2 years of fighting for their country and 
its citizens, redeem the people of Ukraine. As we mark the 100th day of 
ostensibly intractable conflict in Israel and Gaza, bring Your peace 
and justice to this region.
  May those who are persecuted be rescued from death's sting. May those 
who have sacrificed so much be spared from the grave's victory. Do not 
hide Your compassion from them, but speak into the chaos and confusion 
of this horrific strife and once again grant Your deliverance and then 
govern us with Your peace.
  In the light of Your love, we pray in the strength of Your name.
  Amen.

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