congressional_record: CREC-2024-12-31-pt1-PgH7429-3
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| CREC-2024-12-31-pt1-PgH7429-3 | 2024-12-31 | 118 | 2 | PRAYER | HOUSE | HOUSE | PRAYER | H7429 | H7429 | 170 Cong. Rec. H7429 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 196 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 196 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024)] [House] [Page H7429] 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: This is the day, the year, You, O Lord, have made. As we consider all that has taken place, may we find reason to rejoice and be glad, for by Your grace, You have fulfilled Your promises and guided us on the paths toward our future. As we reflect on the year that has been 2024, we are keen to acknowledge that each moment has been a gift that You desired us to enjoy. Each challenge was an opportunity, which You strengthened us to overcome. Each disappointment was a siren to return to faith in Your mercy. Each encounter was a graced gift given that we would share the unconditional love You offer us all. Such a graced gift was the life and witness of former President Carter, in whom we have borne testimony to what it means to be a faithful steward of Your bounty, a just arbiter of Your commandments, a compassionate witness to Your kindness, and a worthy disciple to Your Gospel of love. We give You our gratitude for Your abiding presence in the midst of all our hopes and fears of this past year, and we offer our future to Your keeping, praying in the strength of Your name. Amen. ____________________ |