[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi David Algaze, Havurat Yisrael Synagogue, Forest Hills, New 
York, offered the following prayer:
  God, from Whom all blessings flow, bless this assembly to steer this 
great Nation to the prominence You bestowed upon her; a land where even 
a humble bicycle messenger can soar to serve in this Hall, where every 
man has dignity and the capacity to prosper, where the ignorant can 
reach knowledge and the persecuted sanctuary. Move it from finiteness 
to infinity, from constriction to amplitude, from isolation to 
leadership, from cynicism to faith. Uphold its preeminence among the 
nations, for its message of freedom is beneficial to all men.
  Let us pray for wisdom, not passion; for knowledge, not shallowness; 
for truth, not trend; for enduring amity to allies and steadfast stand 
against its foes.
  Bring us the day when all men shall turn to one another in 
pleasantness, when they combine regardless of differences in a union 
under Your reign, as the prophet Zechariah proclaimed: ``On that day, 
God shall be One, and His Name one.''

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