[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Rachel S. Mikva, Congregation Hakafa, Glencoe, IL, offered the 
following prayer:
  For the sake of Heaven.
  The rabbis taught: Any argument conducted for the sake of Heaven will 
bear fruit. If not for the sake of Heaven, it yields nothing.
  God, Source of knowledge and insight, what does it mean: For the sake 
of Heaven?
  That each of us has the courage to face and to speak the truth? And 
still, however, passionately we may cling to our vision of truth, we 
must never fail to recognize Your image, God, reflected in the face of 
the other.
  For the sake of Heaven.
  That we are always mindful before whom we stand? Committed to serve 
constituents, the Nation, the people of the world, ultimately we stand 
before You, naked of power or possessions, seeking only to understand 
Your will and do it with a whole heart.
  For the sake of Heaven. God, we pray that our words and our deeds may 
be for Your sake, bringing healing to our world and wholeness to all 
those whose lives we touch. Amen.

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