[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1357]
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:
  Today, O Lord, in all that we face, in the decisions that are made, 
whether we turn to the right or to the left, may we listen for Your 
voice behind us, saying: ``This is the way; walk in it.'' When we hear 
Your voice, may we not harden our hearts.
  Let every one of us be quick to hear but also slow to speak. More 
importantly, let us be slow to anger. Remind us that our heated 
opinions, our rancor, do not produce the righteousness You desire.
  Then when the day is over, when we have done our part in our service 
to Your people, when we have exhausted our energies and left it all on 
the table, sanctify our labors. We pray Your blessing over all that we 
have completed and Your intercession in the things we have left undone. 
Grant us Your mercy in our failures and the fruit of Your perfect will 
in our achievements.
  Lord, keep watch ever over us as we seek to serve You, our 
communities, and our Nation.
  In Your most holy name we pray.
  Amen.

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