[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 130 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4989]
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 and reconciliation, we who are quick to receive the 
nourishment of Your word, to have our thirst slaked by Your loving-
kindness, confess to You that the idea of caring for our enemy seems 
too much.
  Our pride, our anger, our hatred, almost always justified in our own 
minds, stand in the way of our ability to love them.
  But open our eyes to their needs. If they are hungry for food or for 
forgiveness, open our hearts to feed them. If they thirst for respite 
or respect, help us to find it within ourselves to give them 
refreshment.
  Maybe our generosity will surprise them with Your goodness. Maybe 
their souls will be ladened with their need for Your mercy.
  Would that You use us to be a testimony to Your desire for peace and 
civility in Your world.
  Only by Your grace can we pray and do we this day. Amen.

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