Sunday, December 21, 2008

just 5 days before christmas


Konting tulugan na lang at pasko na naman ( For a few more night sleep and it's christmas once again). For this Christmas, let us pray that no child is left without food on the table and for those who lost their homes recently and all the homeless may they find a shelter to provide them food and warmth this cold winter nights. Also, let's pray for those who are struggling with chronic illness and those who were diagnosed with life threatening disease, may they make it through this holiday and hopefully overcome life challenges. And most of all, let us thank the Lord for all the blessings that we have received and let's find time to spend the holidays with our families and loved ones.


Prayer to Live With Grace

May we discover through pain and torment,
the strength to live with grace and humor.
May we discover through doubt and anguish,
the strength to live with dignity and holiness.
May we discover through suffering and fear,
the strength to move toward healing.
May it come to pass that we be restored to health and to vigor.
May Life grant us wellness of body, spirit, and mind.
And if this cannot be so, may we find in this transformation and passage moments of meaning, opportunities for love and the deep and gracious calm
that comes when we allow ourselves to move on.


--Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro





No comments: