Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Milton Balkany, New York
Sponsor:
Date of Prayer: 2007-03-22
Sponsor:
Date of Prayer: 2007-03-22
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Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain: | |
Our Father in Heaven, snowflakes windswept to sky-piercing peaks do more than cloak mountaintops in their fine wintry vestments. Their varied crystalline structures speak of how You, the Master Artist, have sculpted our world to exemplify the beauty of contrast. Heartfelt differences are the hallmark of our times. O Lord, help us realize that division need not be the lyric of sorrow but the signature of brotherhood. | |
In the pursuit of truth and righteousness, disputes can compose verses of hard-won wisdom. Consider the rent of rock running through the Grand Canyon. It is a break, a fissure, a divide miles deep and, yet, is there a sight more majestic? Unity is not sameness, nor is it bland agreement. Only when Moses parted the waters was a nation set free. | |
We pray, O God, give us strength to grapple for the great good, defend the passion of our convictions, and still retain the devotion of brothers and sisters. Bless all of us in this hallowed hall of lawmaking with clarity of vision so that we may gaze upon the heights of our shared destiny. Amen. |
Source(s)
110th Congress, 1st Session
Issue: Vol. 153, No. 50 — Daily Edition (March 22, 2007)


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