[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H833]
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 the prayers, O Lord, of those who have seen affliction, the 
cries of those who find themselves in darkness without any light. For 
the people of Ukraine, who this very day endure the precariousness of 
their future, the peril threatening their livelihoods, the poverty of 
hope, the pain of death.
  In all this time under siege, Ukrainian men and women have been a 
testimony of faith in the face of adversity, trusting in Your 
protection, certain of Your deliverance.
  God, now their souls are bereft of peace. They have lost the memory 
of happiness.
  We lift our prayers on behalf of those who have lost their voice. May 
our prayers of intercession reach Your ears.
  Call again to their minds, that Your steadfast love, O Lord, never 
ceases. Your mercies will never come to an end. This day, Your mercies 
are new again, for great is Your faithfulness.
  Loving God, be their portion that they would find their hope in You.
  In Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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