birthday prayer for myself this pandemic
(What scar did the Phantoms mask hide? Richard Hendrick, OFM, March 13th 2020. Immune system disparity. Though I have only traveled on a BHB a couple of times, I am really glad I discovered all of you early in our national nightmare aka the Pandemic. Thank you for your daily powerful Presence in our lives, that we can be assured your heart is towards us, your eyes are over us, and your ears are open to our prayers. May my prayers and support be with them all. When I say, have a happy birthday, you better freaking do it. I bet it feels as good as it looks. May we who have to cancel our trips remember those who have no safe place to go. Spark a smile with a custom birthday card greeting to anyone celebrating a birthday during quarantine, and bring all the joy in the world to them on their special day! - Prayer originated fromhttps://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/03/02/coronavirus-prayer. Hope its the best from start to finish. For the challenges, the emotions, the struggle. Happy birthday. Public health issues have a way of making us recognize how interwoven our lives are with others in society. Happy birthday. And recently in this ordinary time we have seen our fellow citizens rise up in anger and violence, destroying, injuring, even killing others to push their narrow agendas. Some are sad. I am thankful for the opportunity learn and practice new things. Birthday Prayer for Senior Citizens Dear Heavenly Father, we celebrate with you the birthday of one of your own who has lived long and well. Was I truly present?What control do I have over the circumstances of these individuals?Did I do all that I could in this point in time?What can I do for tomorrow? We pray that we try to understand each other in our struggles to make sense of the forces that are beyond any one of us, that we see beyond threats imagined or real, that we hear beyond shouted anger or mocking taunts or cursing threats and note the cries for help that rest mostly silent in ordinary times. }); As is said, When one door closes, another door opens.. I pause (breathe in and out) and remember that today, As in days before, I have survived. A number of long-serving leaders, faculty and staff will be ending their work on campus, and their successors will be beginning theirs. Grahams tenure and the beginning of new leadership under Dr. Hanycz here at Xavier. There's nothing wrong with celebrating alone. We come before you now in this time of illness asking that you may be the source of our strength in body, courage in spirit and patience in pain. Toburnbrighter. To compromise. When the right words are hard to find, theres no shame in taking inspiration from someone or something else. Our New Normal isnt what it was. - Written by Rev. If it werent for you, I would never have become the person I am today. We made promises to love and protect our families, "til death do . - ByEd Schmidt, S.J.,written January 12, 2021, Click here for a video of the prayer being prayed, //