Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Emmet Allen Frank on 26 June 1968

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Emmet Allen Frank, Temple Beth El, Alexandria, Virginia
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Date of Prayer: 26 June 1968

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	God, we praise Thee who daily renewest creation. Thy presence floods the world as the sun bursts over the horizon. We feel Thy nearness, and seek to become ever more like Thee: loving for Thou art loving; just for Thou art just; merciful for Thou art merciful; compassionate for Thou art compassionate; healing the sick, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry.
	Give us the strength to emulate Thee; to reach out to our fellow man with open arms— not with clenched fists; with plowshares— not with swords; with pruning hooks— not with spears.
	Let war be made dumb— let peace reign supreme.
	Let nations tear down the walls of fear that separate us.
	Let us band together to bring God’s bounty so graciously bestowed upon us unto all His children, our brothers.
	Let us, the greatest of all nations, put away the divisiveness in our midst.
	Let us seek each other’s heart, searching for the best not the meanest in us.
	Let us deal charitably with one another.
	Let us draw closer to one another, and in one united, heroic effort let us remove fear, poverty, ignorance, hunger, and sickness.
	Praised art Thou, O Lord, who sustainest all. Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the second session of the 90th US Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 114 part 14 (26 June 1968), page 18777.

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Congressional Record, vol. 114, part 14 (26 June 1968), p. 18777

Congressional Record, vol. 114, part 14 (26 June 1968), p. 18778

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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.)

Emmet Allen Frank

Rabbi Emmet Allen Frank (1925-1987), born in New Orleans, was a Reform movement rabbi in the United States. He graduated from the University of Houston and received his ordination from Hebrew Union College's Jewish Institute of Religion. He was an assistant rabbi at his home congregation in Houston before moving to Alexandria in 1954. During his years in Alexandria, Rabbi Frank was an outspoken opponent of racial segregation. He was bitterly criticized by segregationists after a 1958 Yom Kippur homily in which he attacked Virginia's Democratic Senator Harry F. Byrd and other state officials for their role in Virginia's Massive Resistance to court-ordered school desegregation. After leaving Alexandria in 1969, Rabbi Frank served at congregations in Seattle and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, before founding in 1972 his All Peoples Liberal Reform Synagogue in Miami Beach.

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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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17