Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Solomon H. Metz on 5 June 1944

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, War, United States of America

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Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Solomon H. Metz, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.
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Date of Prayer: 5 June 1944

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	Our God and God of our fathers, in this hour of crisis in our struggle with the cruel enemy, when the fate of the world trembles in the scales of destiny, we turn to Thee in humility and contrition, praying from the depths:
	Be Thou with our armed forces on land, on sea, and in the air. Guide them and sustain them.
	O Lord of Hosts and Father of mercy, grant us a speedy and decisive victory. Bless us with Thy righteous and abiding peace. Bind the wounds of Thy stricken children. Let the healing sun of Thy love quicken to life and hope and courage those who languish in the shadows of want and fear in the doleful dominion of our deadly foes.
	O Source of all Blessings and all Wisdom and Power, open our eyes to see that only with Thee is the fountain of life; that only in the light of Thy law of truth, justice, and the beauty of holiness can we find the way that leads from strife and hate and woe to the uplands of fulfillment and creative peace.
	May the vision of the prophets of Thy Book be our inspiration in building the world tomorrow. May the deathless word of Micah become the sacred song of our civilization, the gentle appealing words that reveal Thy eternal will, saying: “It hath been told thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8)
	May all this come to pass for the salvation of Thy children and the glory of Thy holy name. Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the first session of the 78th US Congress in the Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 90, part 4 (5 June 1944), pages 5265-5266.

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Congressional Record, vol. 90, part 4 (5 June 1944), p. 5265

Congressional Record, vol. 90, part 4 (5 June 1944), p. 5266

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Solomon H. Metz

Rabbi Solomon H. Metz (1891-1959) born in Kulen, Lithuania was a Conservative movement rabbi in the United States. After emigrating to the United States, he graduated from City College of New York in 1916 after which he entered the Jewish Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1918. Rabbi Metz was installed as rabbi of Washington Heights Synagogue in New York in 1930, and subsequently served as the leader of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington DC from 1930-1951.

the Congressional Record of the United States of America

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Printing Office and issued when Congress is in session. Indexes are issued approximately every two weeks. At the end of a session of Congress, the daily editions are compiled in bound volumes constituting the permanent edition. Statutory authorization for the Congressional Record is found in Chapter 9 of Title 44 of the United States Code. (wikipedia)

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