[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 9, 2001)]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Rabbi Ely Rosenzveig, Congregation Anshe Shalom, New Rochelle, New 
York, offered the following prayer:
  O God, I pray that there shall come a day when each of us will know 
that it is not by virtue of might or power but by God's spirit that we 
truly lead; that we be as Moses' brother Aaron, each of us a peacemaker 
wherever trouble lurks and blood flows; that we love peace and pursue 
her in all that we do, all that we are.
  I pray that we ever hear the still, small, silent voice of peace as 
she beckons us to ponder in her plaintive whisper: Have we not all one 
Father? Has not one God created us? Let us be then the noble builders 
of bridges and pathways to each other.
  I pray that we shall know from all the beauty and grace that is 
America that our call to peace is for everyone everywhere. In the words 
of the poet, ``Our country is the world and our countrymen all of 
mankind.''
  Almighty and merciful God, bless this hallowed House and all its 
Members and keep them well; shed thy light upon us all and show thy 
grace; lift thy countenance unto us and grant us that greatest and most 
cherished of gifts, the gift of peace, where none shall injure, none 
shall kill, and the land shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord.
  How good and pleasant it is when we dwell, you and I, as brother and 
sister, in blissful, wondrous harmony.
  Heenay mah tov u'mah naeem shevet achim gam yachad. God bless you and 
America, now and forever. Amen.

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