Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Ỏng Trời (Mr. Heaven) is the most ubiquitous personage in the Vietnamese culture. We say “Heaven!” or “Mr. Heaven!” (Trời ơi! or Ông Trời ơi!) very often for all kinds of reasons. Or “Oh, Heaven and Earth!” (Trời đất ơi!) usually for great sorrow or mourning.

And we pray to Ông Trời : “Pray Heaven, please give us rain, so we have water to drink” (Lạy Trời mưa xuống lấy nước tôi uống), and talks about Him fairly often: Continue reading Mr. Heaven →