[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will be offered by our guest 
Chaplain, Rabbi Cheryl Jacobs of the Jewish Healing Center, Plantation, 
FL.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, what do I desire for my country? How do I vision the land I 
love? Let it be a land where knowledge is free, where the mind is 
without fear and men and women hold their heads high, where words come 
out from the depths of truth, where our leaders have the courage and 
the permission to lead, where Americans have faith in our land, in our 
leaders, and in themselves.
  Let it be a land where we live free of fear, a land safe for our 
children and for the generations that have yet to be, where our Nation 
has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls, where 
the brave men and women who fight for our country are revered and 
honored for the heroes they are.
  And let it be a land where tireless striving stretches its arms 
toward perfection and where there are limitless opportunities for all 
people. Into that heaven of freedom, let my country awake.
  May the Lord bless us and keep us. May the Lord cause His face to 
shine upon us. May the Lord bless our country with peace. Amen.

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