The Office of the Chaplain United States House of Representatives

Opening Prayer

10/05/2026
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben

God, our provider, all that we need, you supply. The strength that we require for the days ahead, you make available to us.

We need only prepare the table of our lives to receive you in our midst. We need only open our souls to receive the wisdom of your word. We need only empty ourselves of our pride to acknowledge that what we really need is you.

Satisfy, then, our hunger for truth and honesty, for peace and unity, for your wisdom and guidance, this day and in the weeks to come.

In the strength of Your name, we pray. Amen.

1 Kings 19:8

Thought of the Week

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul except sin.  God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

—St. Francis de Sales

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