[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 16 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H256]
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:
  Gracious and merciful God, receive our prayers and our purpose for 
this day. We begin with the best of intentions, renewed by the rest of 
the weekend, asking Your blessing as we tackle the challenges laid 
before us in the week ahead.
  Hear our prayer that we remain committed to doing the right thing, 
and bless our desire to bring careful thought to do what is pleasing to 
You, taking pains to remain true to honest things, true not only in 
Your eyes, but in the eyes of the people we serve.
  In this may we prove faithful to loving You with our whole heart, 
with all our soul, with all our strength, and with our whole mind.
  And may the work of our hands and the intentions of our truest self 
serve as worthy proof that our love for our neighbor is no less than 
that for our own selves.
  Lead us, O Lord, in the living of this day, we pray in Your most holy 
name.
  Amen.

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