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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Saul Israel Wisemon on 28 May 1970

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Saul Israel Wisemon, Temple Beth Israel, Waltham, Massachusetts
Sponsor: n/a
Date of Prayer: 28 May 1967


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Heavenly Father,
bless these men and all in rightful authority,
who minister to the needs of this great Nation.
God of the living and of the living dead,
we call to mind our valiant sons and daughters
who gave their last full measure of devotion.
Ever mindful of their supreme sacrifice,
help us finish our mutual task—
bind up the Nation’s wounds,
do all which may achieve
a just and lasting peace
among ourselves and all mankind.
Merciful Father,
hasten the day when nations shall finally
beat their swords into plowshares,
their spears into pruning hooks.
Let not nations continue
to lift up sword against nations,
nor let them learn war any more. (Micah 4:3, Isaiah 2:4)
Bless us,
as Thou alone canst bless
with Thy most precious gift “shalom’’—
peace.
May He who ordains the harmony of the universe
bring peace to us and all mankind.[1] An adaptation of the closing prayer of the Ḳaddish and the conclusion of the Amidah, “Oseh shalom bimromav” 
Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fifth month of the second session of the 91st US Congress in the Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 116, part 13 (28 May 1967), page 17354.

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Congressional Record, vol. 116, part 13 (28 May 1970), p. 17354

 

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Notes
1An adaptation of the closing prayer of the Ḳaddish and the conclusion of the Amidah, “Oseh shalom bimromav”

 

 

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