[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 134 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Arnold Resnifcoff, U.S. Navy Chaplain, Retired, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, this month is filled with memories of war:
  Guns of August 1914, the First World War, the war to end all wars, we 
prayed. How wrong we were?
  Bombs of August 1945, unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; built to 
win and end a second global war, and usher in a time of peace that 
never came to pass.
  In Ukraine, brave citizens fight back since Russia has let slip the 
dogs of war; while here a different war: shootings in our schools, 
shops, and sites of prayer.
  In politics, we find peace and common ground elusive. Compromise is 
now seen as weakness as some views drown out our neighbors' fears.
  We need leaders brave enough to lead the way they thought they would 
before they came to power, who remember dreams of who they would be if 
they only had the chance.
  Great heroes helped us win world wars. May heroic leaders help unite 
us to seek peace at home.
  And may we say, amen.

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