[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H507]
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:
  Hear us, O Lord, and answer us. Hear the prayers of the hostages in 
Israel and the deported children of Ukraine. Answer the cries of 
parents separated from their little ones and of families grieving the 
loss of their loved ones.
  Hear our prayers, Lord. Listen to our cries for mercy for the 
countless men and women, wherever they find themselves, who call to You 
this day in distress. Answer them. For You, Lord, are a compassionate 
and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in love and faithfulness.
  Turn to Your people throughout the world whose relentless foes attack 
them from all sides. Condemn the ruthless people whose weapons are 
torment and injustice, whose only goals are pain and death.
  Turn to all those who are broken by misery and overwhelmed by fear 
wherever they find themselves this day and have mercy on them. Show 
Your strength on behalf of those who call upon Your name, who cling 
with faith to the promise of Your salvation.
  Give them a sign of Your goodness that their enemies may see it and 
be put to shame.
  In You alone do they find help and hope and comfort. Hear us, O Lord, 
and answer us, for we pray in Your sovereign name.
  Amen.

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