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Sponsor: Rep. William S. Moorhead (D-PA)
Date of Prayer: 19 April 1972
Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, it is with the greatest honor that I inform the House that today’s invocation was given by a constituent of mine, Rabbi Kenneth Segel of Rodef Shalom Temple in Pittsburgh.
He is assistant rabbi to one of the largest Jewish congregations in the United States.
I think we all were moved by his stirring prayer and we thank him for seeking for us God’s guidance and strength.
Rabbi Segel represents the new breed of clergymen. He is very active in community and civic affairs in addition to his role as religious leader to the Rodef Shalom Congregation.
A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Rabbi Segel received his master of arts in Hebrew letters from Hebrew Union.
He serves on numerous committees and commissions including: Planned Parenthood of Allegheny County; Allegheny County Concerned Clergymen’s Committee; Recognize All Potential— RAP; Clergymen Action Committee for Neighborhood Cooperation, and others.
The rabbi was accompanied to Washington today by his wife, Sandra, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Segel, of Buffalo, N.Y.
I want to thank and congratulate all of them.
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God of Life, Thy children seek Thy help. These, Thy sons and daughters, are charged with the awesome responsibility of directing the affairs of our Nation. | |
Inspire them to rediscover that which is truest and best in the American dream. | |
Help them to stand aside from the world’s conspiracy of fear and hate. | |
Aid them to grasp once more the great monosyllables of life: Faith, hope, and love. | |
May our country combat fear with trust; hate with love; suspicion with faith; and injustice with righteousness. | |
May we so conduct ourselves that those who know us will think of our country not as the mightiest nation, but as the freest; not as the wealthiest, but as the most humane and generous; not as the leader of the world but as the servant of humanity and the steward of liberty for all men. Amen. |
This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fourth month of the second session of the 92nd US Congress in the House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 118, part 11 (19 April 1972), page 13490.
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Congressional Record, vol. 118, part 11 (19 April 1972), p. 13490 Congressional Record, vol. 118, part 11 (19 April 1972), p. 13491
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