[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Eytan Hammerman, Temple Beth Shalom, Mahopac, New York, offered 
the following prayer:
  Our God and God of our ancestors, we rise in prayer in one of the 
world's most sacred spaces. This hallowed Hall combines enormous power 
with awesome responsibility. We pray that You, O God, inspire those who 
stand before You today--mere mortals--women and men, young and old, the 
many races, colors, and ancestries that make up our blessed country.
  In the Jewish calendar, we have just concluded the Feast of Weeks, 
marking, we are taught, the receipt of the Bible at Mount Sinai. This 
was the culmination of a march from bondage and slavery toward freedom 
and responsibility. We ask that You bless the Members of this august 
body as they work to guarantee freedom in our day so that we may all 
live long lives; peaceful lives of goodness and blessing; lives free 
from shame; lives filled with abundance and honor; and lives in which 
our hearts' desire for goodness--for one and all--will be fulfilled.
  Amen.

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