Opening Prayer
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12/05/2025
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben
Holy and wise God, Lord everlasting, we make our ears attentive to Your wisdom. In this place where laws are made, we treasure and preserve the commandments You have given us. We incline our hearts to assent to serve as You would have us serve.
For Your wisdom is more precious than any silver we might seek as reward, more treasured than any hidden gems we would search for our own gain.
Give us then, Lord, Your wisdom, sound understanding for those who walk in Your righteousness. Be a shield for those who walk with integrity. Keep them blameless as they face the challenges that are laid before them.
Guard the paths of justice and preserve the integrity of the steps of the faithful.
Then may we understand what is good and right, what is true and just in Your eyes. And as Your wisdom enters our hearts, may the knowledge we receive be pleasant to our souls and the understanding You grant provide the sustenance for our lives.
For it is in Your wisdom we find our salvation and, in Your name, the answer to our prayers. Amen.
Proverbs 2:1–11