This is an archive of prayers offered for the success of the democratically elected government of the United States of America and the well-being of its multicultural civil society. Click here to contribute a prayer you have written for the United States. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1912. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 January 1917. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 January 1917. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 December 1917. . . . “Prayer for Our Country” by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick was selected by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron for inclusion in his World War Ⅰ era prayerbook, Side Arms: Readings, Prayers and Meditations for Soldiers and Sailors (1918), on pages 27-28. The prayer is printed unchanged from its original publication in The Challenge of the Present Crisis (H.E. Fosdick 1917), pp. 46-47. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 February 1925, an elegy for Rep. Julius Kahn (1861-1924). . . . A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America. . . . A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 May 1929. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 January 1930. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1935. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 March 1935. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 April 1942. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 May 1942. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 5 June 1944 on the eve of D-Day in World War Ⅱ. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 February 1945. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 June 1945. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 April 1946. . . . This prayer by Rabbi Dudley Weinberg, National Chaplain of AMVETS after World War II, was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), pp. 79-80. The prayer was chosen for publication by the then National Commander of AMVETS, Harold Russell. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 January 1947. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on Lincoln’s Birthday, 12 February 1948. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 April 1948. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 March 1950. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 April 1951. . . . This prayer by Brigadier General Julius Klein was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), p. 47. The anthology notes that “Accompanying the prayer of General Klein, National Commander of Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., is this message: ‘I wish to express the deep-seated conviction that this book of prayers will be warmly received by a world which is very much in need of closer contact with God.’” . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 February 1951. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 February 1953. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 July 1953. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 June 1954. . . . A prayer for the recovery of President Dwight D. Eisenhower following a severe heart attack in late September 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 18 April 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 June 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 July 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 May 1956. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 February 1957. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 May 1957. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1957. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 January 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 April 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 23 April 1958 on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 April 1958 on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 June 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 June 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 June 1959. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 19 February 1959. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 June 1959. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 February 1960. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 March 1960. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 27 April 1960. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 9 June 1960. . . . |
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