[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 2, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2133]
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:
  Tender and loving God, in Your mercy, You have proven Your love for 
us. May we respond to that incredible grace gift with our own love, not 
just in our adoration and devotion to You but in our love for our 
neighbor.
  May that love come from the very center of our being. No matter how 
hard it is to love a stranger or to reach out and love the other side, 
grant us both the will and the desire to reveal Your grace by our 
actions.
  Open our minds and our eyes to what is wrong and hateful. If we abhor 
anything, let it be the evil that has found its way into our discourse 
and which seems to have taken charge of our lives.
  Casting that aside, may we not just appreciate but cling to what is 
good.
  May every fiber of our being yearn for the goodness of Your design. 
May we hold tightly to the evidence of Your integrity and hold fast to 
Your perfect righteousness.
  We give thanks to You, O Lord, for You are good. Your mercy endures 
forever, and so it is in Your merciful name we pray.
  Amen.

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