[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25810]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Raphael Gold, Savannah, Georgia, offered the following prayer:
  Our Heavenly Father, we pray that Thou mayest endow this august body, 
the duly elected representatives of the people of these United States, 
with the power of wisdom which comes from Thee.
  In these perilous times, we pray, O Lord, that Thy qualities of mercy 
endure now and forever in the hearts of this Congress. Infuse them with 
Thy spirit of compassion, understanding, and Thy spirit of holiness, 
that they may fulfill their charge. May they speedily address the 
problems of poverty, hunger and homelessness which afflict such a large 
segment of this Nation and the world.
  May this great land of ours, blessed by God with the resources, both 
spiritual and material, realize its potential with which it has been 
created. May all the differences which deflect from the realization of 
our goals be set aside, so that peace and prosperity, truth and 
justice, freedom and equality be the heritage and legacy of all 
peoples, both here and abroad.
  May the Members of the Congress, and all Americans, rise to the 
fulfillment of the motto engraved on our coinage, e pluribus unum, that 
we are one people, created in the image of God, responsible for each 
other's well-being, so that we might truly dedicate our lives to the 
words which appear above us, ``In God We Trust,'' and may he always be 
the guiding light of this Congress. And let us all say, Amen.

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