[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 143 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5235]
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:
  Merciful God, time and again we ask You to deliver us from evil, not 
realizing that deliverance does not always mean You offer us an escape, 
but rather the strength to withstand it and the courage to stand 
against it.
  From whatever form of evil we encounter this day, a biting word, a 
mean-spirited exchange, attacks on our sense of safety and security, 
the obfuscation of truth, Lord, deliver us.
  Grant us the strength, the courage, and the wisdom to know it when we 
see it, and the resilience to not let ourselves be overcome by it.
  Then inspire in us to strive to best evil with good, to live 
according to Your abundant mercy, that all that evil dares throw at us 
would be overcome by Your good and right and perfect will.
  For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
  Amen.

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