[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 128 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4977]
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:
  God of peace, justice, and mercy, show us how to love as You have 
loved us. There is no doubt that evil runs rampant in this world, and 
yet You have never repaid evil for evil. Rather, You have demonstrated 
unmitigated grace even to those who time and again have rejected Your 
kindnesses and rebelled against Your steadfast love.
  Turn our hearts and souls to Your example. Would that we be so 
selfless. No matter how challenging it may be in these days of division 
and contest, no matter how passionate we are for a position or a 
person, may we be careful to do what is honest and noble in the eyes of 
everyone.
  In this may we not only stay above the fray, but shine the light of 
Your divine peace, justice, and mercy wherever darkness descends in our 
lives, wherever hopelessness shadows our world.
  In Your righteous and perfect name we pray.
  Amen.

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