[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2457]
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:
  Holy God, You call us to hold fast to faith, to trust You, the 
creator of the universe, to answer our personal needs, even while You 
attend to the multitude of demands in our communities, our country, and 
our world. How is it that You can hear us when the whole world cries 
for deliverance from warfare and famine and disease? May our faith be 
strong enough to believe that You in Your divine power will replenish 
us, as well as these deserts of disaster, with Your ocean of grace.
  Our despair has names like Israel, Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Taiwan. 
What answers are to be had which will address the injustices, the 
injuries, the inhumanity that overwhelm these regions? God, give us 
reason to hope in You, our redeemer, that we would be patient in 
tribulation and constant in prayer.
  Transform our fears, our pains, our worries, and our concerns with 
Your love, a love greater than all that seeks to defeat or overtake us. 
For when all our efforts fail, when no solution is in sight, these 
three remain: faith, hope, and love. The greatest of these is the love 
we receive from You.
  In the name of the one who loved us first, we pray.
  Amen.

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