The Office of the Chaplain United States House of Representatives

Opening Prayer

04/27/2026
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben

Great is your faithfulness, O God our Father. New every morning are the mercies you offer unto us. Even as we remember and honor the life of our friend and colleague, David Scott, our souls are saddened by his passing. But this we call to mind, and in this we have hope: that Congressman David Scott, your son and servant, was one who sought you daily.

The remarkable life he lived which began in the tobacco fields of South Carolina, was marked by an exceptional intellect – evident in both his academic accomplishments, his business acumen, his political service in Georgia, and his noteworthy tenure on the Hill – all of which was undergirded by the firm foundation of his faith in you.

Those who knew him well knew that he believed, without doubt, that you were his portion. He walked quietly and faithfully with an inward calm, a peace that passeth all understanding, and a faith that looked through death to the hope of a larger life beyond the grave.

Thank you for raising up among us such a stalwart example of how you, O Lord, are good to those whose hope is in you, to the ones who seek you, to those who wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. May we in faith follow David Scott's lead.

In your eternal name we pray. Amen.

Lamentations 3:20–26

Thought of the Week

Though with our limited understandings we may not be able to comprehend it, yet we cannot but believe, that he who made the world still governs it.

—Abraham Lincoln

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