3 Daily Prayers

OUR FATHER – LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the
Glory and the Power forever. Amen.

HAIL MARY

Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

GLORY BE

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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These are the 3 main prayers I try to say on a daily basis. I say them like clockwork every morning during weekdays and I try to say them on the weekends but since weekends I don’t really have a routine I sometimes forget. I am really kicked about the fact that I have now completely memorized the Glory Be prayer. Memory is not my strong point so it takes a while for things to click. I don’t think it should be too long till I am able to say all 3 prayers without reading them. I am already finishing my sentences as I’m reading them because I’ve read these prayers so many times now. It gives me great satisfaction knowing that everyday I pray and give thanks to the things I have in my life. I think prayer keep us humble and grounded human beings. I also take the time to wish that things in the future work out for me. It gives me time to focus on my short and long term goals. I have thought a lot about the fact that most of us tend to pray only when we need something and I don’t want to be that person anymore. I want to pray rain or shine.

One month left till we find out the status of Gojira’s visa!!! I predict the news will come early on in December since immigration will probably want to square away some of their work before Christmas. (I’m hoping!) I have a feeling same time next month I’ll have the results. I think they will be good. I will keep praying and have all body parts crossed :)

I have become conscious of my insecurities since I’ve been praying. I think some of my insecurities lie in the fact that I know I’m adopted and I was abandoned in an orphanage. I have a constant feeling of rejection which has festered inside of me for quite a while and I’m learning with my prayers to let go of it. I have a habit of taking my insecurities out on the people surrounding me by doubting their feelings, actions, etc. to be genuine towards me. I won’t lie. it has affected my relationships with my immediate family and my relationships with others in the present and past. I guess with Gojira whether he is aware of this insecurity or not, he always puts me in my place. I mean that in a good way.  He always knows how to shut me up when my insecurity comes out in the way I talk and give me his genuine insight and tell me when I’m going wrong. Because we listen to each other we get over most of our arguments fairly quickly.  I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone who’s really listened to me and it means a lot. I was not conscious of this insecurity I had until pretty recently. Through prayer I am learning to handle it and overcome it.

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Yes I was adopted and essentially saved from a life of extreme poverty… I was adopted by supportive parents who have provided me everything I could ever need while growing up and even now. but it’s hard to explain the pain of knowing my real parents abandoned me. Maybe they did it for my own good because they knew they could not give me a proper life but I think its been hard to overcome because I’ve not really had the parent child bond I’ve seen everyone else experiencing. Maybe this resentment has made me feel so neglected. I know it sounds petty but I can’t help the way I feel. It could also be the reason why I feel so passionate about having children. To fulfill that bond I’ve never had. I plan to have my own children for sure and possibly adopt. But lately with my prayers that I say everyday I feel healed of this insecurity and feeling of abandonment. I feel a bond forming with God and more importantly with Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which is what Mother Mary is known as. I feel like she’s picked me up and taken me under her wing. She is gradually filling the holes in me day by day and I no longer feel so angry or sad about what I am and where I came from. It’s just another reason for me to believe in the power of faith and prayer.  I feel like I’ve hit another level in my spiritual journey and it keeps me motivated. I don’t feel so alone and lost anymore and it has given me the confidence to step forward with my feet firmly on the ground.

old inspiration…

This is an inspirational essay written by Mary Schmich in 1997 which was published in the Chicago Tribune. This essay has been most famously used for giving advice to high school seniors who are ready to go out and make it in this big bad world. Many of you may have seen/heard this essay. It was remixed into a song by Baz Luhrmann in 1998 called “Wear Sunscreen.” I think even though most of us have already past the threshold of graduating high school we can still take something from this essay and apply it to our lives in some small way. Below is the orginal essay Mary Schmich published in her column back in 1997..

“Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who’d rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but there’s no reason we can’t entertain ourselves by composing a Guide to Life for Graduates.

I encourage anyone over 26 to try this and thank you for indulging my attempt.Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’97:

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t. Maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t. Maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else’s.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They’re your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair or by the time you’re 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…”

Some people may see a lot of cliches and be bored of this by now but I still love the inspiration I get from this essay. This light is turned off…

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