[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 118 (Monday, July 22, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H4645-H4646]
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:
  Eternal God, we pray this day that the soul of our colleague and 
friend, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, may now rest in peace. In 
serving You, none of us lives for ourselves, and Congresswoman Jackson 
Lee has spent her life in relentless pursuit of racial justice and 
social and economic equity, a

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champion not just for her constituents but for all those who need a 
voice for change.
  Likewise, in faith, none of us dies for ourselves alone. Though there 
are many who are now enduring deep grief for her loss, may our deep 
gratitude for her historic and trailblazing career serve as the seedbed 
for an enduring legacy of dedicated and impassioned service to this 
country.
  Lord of both the dead and the living, inspire us through Sheila 
Jackson Lee's life, fueled by her warrior spirit, that in her death we 
would be compelled to take up the fight for liberty and justice for all 
peoples.
  Grant Congresswoman Jackson Lee well-deserved rest from her labors. 
And may Your good and faithful servant receive Your own well done and 
the gift of Your eternal reward.
  In the hope that is found in Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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