[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H736-H737]
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:
  In the beginning, God, You created the heavens and the Earth. When 
Your

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spirit moved over the chaos of the deep, it brought a purifying wind 
over the formlessness and void of the Earth.
  Lord, let there be light in our darkness. Where warfare continues to 
rage in Ukraine and where hostilities between Israel and Hamas threaten 
the fragility of life, in the civil wars in Africa and in urban 
violence in our own country, Lord, separate the light from the 
darkness. Speak Your purifying Word and bring order into the turmoil of 
our world.
  You have laid the foundations of the Earth, determined its 
measurements, and rested it on the cornerstone of Your Word. As You 
have set the limits of the sea and commanded the proud waves to stop, 
restrain our surge for power. Demand of humanity the humility to serve 
You only and submit to Your will.
  Look upon the work of our hands this day as we tend to the world You 
have entrusted to us. For You are the author of all creation, the one 
who made us. May we give You reason, when You look at Your handiwork, 
to call it good.
  In Your sovereign name we pray.
  Amen.

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