The Office of the Chaplain United States House of Representatives

Opening Prayer

09/15/2022
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben

Holy God, come alongside us this day for in Your presence there is fullness of joy. So fill us with Your joy this day that we cannot help but reflect Your goodness and mercy in all we do, in all we say, in all our decisions, and in all our encounters with one another.
 
At Your right hand is pleasure to be found forever more. All that we need or desire, You provide. From the wealth of the satisfaction we find in You, may an abundance of gratitude flow from us that others would share in Your generous grace.
 
In You, love is found, for You are love. Let us then love one another for love comes from You.
 
And so may Your love shine forth in us this day, that your compassion, concern, forbearance, and faithfulness be evident in this place this day.
 
In Your steadfast and loving name we pray. Amen.

Thought of the Week

I am sure I bring a heart true to the work.  For the ability to perform it, I must trust in that Supreme Being who has never forsaken this favored land, through the instrumentality of this great and intelligent people.  Without that assistance I shall surely fail; with it, I cannot fail.

—Abraham Lincoln
Buffalo, New York, February 16, 1861

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