Prayer for Ireland
Today, we interrupt our regular blogging to offer up our personal prayer for Ireland, as her people vote whether to retain or repeal the pro-life provision of her Constitution: Heavenly Father, Who made of...
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As Citizens, We’re Not Obligated To Help. Maybe that’s the Problem.
As Citizens, we’re not Obligated to Help. That’s the problem. The thought crossed me in the most mundane of circumstances. We’ve all had this experience: you order something off the fastfood; in a...
Are Prayers Retroactive?
Are Prayers Retroactive? Recently I had an experience with a loved one having a possibly serious illness, and we prayed that the results of medical tests would be far more lighter than a...
why do we need to put god as the center of our lives?
It has been some months (almost a year, in fact), since I wrote the Blog Article “God is an Embarrassment in Our Lives”. The main premise is easy enough to understand: we’ve treated God...
Oratio Imperata: A Prayer for Deliverance from Calamities
On August 9, 2012, in the face of monsoon rains that caused massive and widespread floods in Manila, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called for the people to pray the Oratio...
Saint Genevieve, Patron Saint of Calamity and Paris
In times of calamity, one can turn in prayer to the oft-forgotten patron saint of disasters, Saint Genevieve. .. She put her faith in God and believed that He will not abandon her or those...
Just Wages and the Kingdom of God
There is a parable in the Bible that describes Heaven as “landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard”. In the morning he found laborers in need of...
Why does Evil Happen to the Just?
In these times of war, natural calamities, and personal pain, it is a common question with believers that why does evil happen to those who are good? In my previous post, I challenged each...
Prayer during Disasters
In these desperate times of disaster and crisis, here is an appropriate prayer to make: “Almighty Father, we raise our hearts to You in gratitude for the wonders of creation of which we are...
Prayer In Times of Calamity
I found this while looking for a prayer for the disaster victims of the Dumaguete earthquake. It is three years old, but it is an appropriate prayer guide for our brothers and sisters in...
