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Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Hyman B. Faskowitz, Congregation Tifereth Israel, Brooklyn, New York
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Date of Prayer: 19 April 1966
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Date of Prayer: 19 April 1966
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אבינו שבשמים |
Avinu shebaShomayim · Heavenly Father, standing here in the home of our Federal Legislature, the House of Representatives of the United States of America, we proclaim Thy sovereignty over all creation and Thy providential guidance of the destinies of nations as well as individual human beings. |
We pray Thee, Oh Merciful Father, to confer upon these dedicated public servants the strength that they require to face the problems that confront them. | |
Give them the courage and wisdom to pursue with diligence and persistence the principles of our great democracy. | |
Grant them the fortitude needed to persevere in the endeavors to preserve freedom and human dignity. | |
May they be blessed with an understanding heart and soul attuned to the needs of those in misery and suffering. | |
Inspire in them an ardent wish coupled with a firm determination to rise to the heights of idealism in the consideration of the issues facing America. | |
Mayest Thou bless the efforts of our President and the Congress to bring about and to assure lasting peace. Amen. |
This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fourth month of the second session of the 89th US Congress in the House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 112, part 7 (19 April 1966), page 8399.
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Congressional Record, vol. 112, part 7 (19 April 1966), p. 8399
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