[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Boca Raton Synagogue, Boca Raton, Florida, 
offered the following prayer:
  Our Father in Heaven, guard the Members of our esteemed House of 
Representatives. Instill within them the wisdom, the courage and 
determination to provide for the physical, as well as the spiritual, 
well-being of the citizens of this great country.
  May this body which hosts rigorous and robust debate continue to 
embrace diversity without resulting in divisiveness. May it seek and 
celebrate unity without imposing uniformity. May this House of 
Representatives, together with Houses of Worship across the land, 
promote justice, moral clarity, ethical living, righteousness, and acts 
of kindness.
  As a grandchild of immigrants who fled the Nazis and came to this 
country 72 years ago this month to find refuge, freedom, and 
opportunity, I join this House in a prayer of profound gratitude and 
deep appreciation for the blessings we, the people of the United States 
of America, are privileged to enjoy.
  Master of the Universe, protect our courageous Armed Forces, watch 
over our elected leaders, grant peace and prosperity to these United 
States and the entire world, and let us respond, Amen.

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