[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1161]
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:
  Almighty God, we appeal to You, the author and defender of our faith, 
to raise up Your protections in defense of those who call upon Your 
name in the face of strife and adversity.
  Ukrainians, Israelis, Palestinians, and all those who find themselves 
caught in the grip of violence, speak to them, to the fearful souls 
among them who are rent by the agony of conflict. Bring Your justice to 
the victims of unprovoked hostilities.
  Strengthen with the sufficiency of Your grace, all those who are 
powerless against the brutal aggression of their adversaries. In their 
weakness, may Your power be made perfectly evident in their resilience.
  Look to those who are afflicted in every way and see that because of 
their faith they are not crushed. Guide those who are perplexed that 
they would not be driven to despair. Safeguard those who are 
persecuted, that they would know they are not forsaken. Uphold those 
who are struck down, that their faith would not yield to destruction.
  Death is at work in our world. May we not surrender to its desire for 
dominion, but in braving it, may we come to discover the life You have 
revealed to us, and the hope that is found only in You.
  In Your immortal and eternal name we pray.
  Amen.

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