Jesus,
You are with me.
You protect me from dangers and troubles.
Thank you for opening my eyes
so that I can see things you made for me.
How much you love me.
Jesus,
please grant me your heart
so that I can love and serve you in everyone.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
The sunglasses you gift me are good.
Every times I wear them, many joyful things come to me.
I’m happier.
More people smile with me.
Wow, so wonderful!
Thank you, Jesus.
I love you.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
The job I can do best
is to befriend you.
But in this world of love for big and lofty things,
sometimes I feel unhappy
because I feel alone,
because I do a lot of tiny things. Continue reading Prayer 702
Tản văn
1.
Những ngày này, bởi ảnh hưởng của liên tục những cơn bão ngoài Trung, Sài Gòn mưa liên lỉ, hết cơn lớn, ào ạt trút nước lại đến cơn nhỏ lâm râm kéo dài. Tôi đành bó gối ngồi nhà, bởi ngại mưa gió nên cả những công việc cần thiết phải đi – trong đó có đi bộ ở công viên, cần cho việc trị tiểu đường- cũng đành bỏ qua hay gác lại, nói gì đến chuyện đi chơi, ra quán quen gặp bạn già tán gẩu… Càng nên ít ra đường, đến nơi công cộng còn vì ‘giãn cách xã hội’ có mức độ vẫn còn cần thiết bởi Covid19 chỉ lắng xuống, chưa hề kết liễu. Đành xa cách, vắng mặt đối với phố phường thân quen. Continue reading Phố, đêm, mưa
Right in the heart of Saigon, walking out of a hotel after a day long seminar, before heading home, I tried to find a place to get some good warm food for dinner, like noodle soup or anything similar. Since I got this miserable sinus, tears and nose had been running all day long.
It was getting dark, and starting to rain. And I did not have an umbrella with me (again, whenever it rained). I told myself to walk fast, hoping to find a place to seat and eat while waiting for the rain to stop. It was in the middle of a busy central district, no shortage of coffee shops and restaurants, but I couldn’t find any place I wished while the rain was getting really heavy. I had to stop to take shelter from the rain. Otherwise, I would be completely soaked and even more miserably sick. Continue reading The treat of taking shelter from the rain
The prayer series
Bài gốc: Prayer 86
Giêsu ơi,
Xin phá vỡ những bức tường quanh trái tim em,
Những bức tường em biết và cả những bức tường em không biết.
Những bức tường dày và cao.
Chúng ngăn cản Giêsu đến với em.
Xin phá vỡ chúng và tự do đi vào trái tim em.
Em cám ơn Chúa, Giêsu.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
Thank you for listening to me.
I’ve been praying to you about the person.
I’ve been not knowing how to talk to him about a thing.
And today you give me answers.
These answers are in my head,
I just say to him. Continue reading Prayer 701
Jesus,
Do you remember my Prayer 4?
In Prayer 4, I said:
“I feel I lose my footing easily everyday.
If in a day
I don’t love you as much as now,
don’t connect with you as much as now,
please pull me back,
don’t let me go,
hold my hand whenever it happens. Continue reading Prayer 700
Jesus,
Thank you for being with me all day.
Waking up, I see you lying next to me.
I gaze at you,
I ask you help me do all things well.
You gaze at me gently.
When I brush my teeth, you stand by me,
you smile with me. Continue reading Prayer 699
Jesus,
I am so happy.
Today we have so much fun.
Nice weather, nice people, good health, cleaning our house and still well…
I am so happy, I can’t sleep.
I gaze at you, you gaze at me.
We keep looking at each other tonight.
I love you.
PTH
Jesus,
Waking up,
I see you lying next to me.
You gaze at me.
You rub my head.
“Please help me…”
You nod.
I turn my back on you.
You rub my back.
“Everything will be ok.”
You repeat. Continue reading Prayer 697
The prayer series
Bài gốc: Prayer 54
Giêsu ơi,
Em là ai trong những người Giêsu chúc phúc trong Bài giảng trên núi?
Người nghèo khó trong tâm linh?
Người than khóc, người khiêm nhu…?
Em là ai trong tám kiểu người đó? Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 54
The prayer series
Bài gốc: Prayer 295
Giêsu ơi,
Giêsu cho em kẹo.
Kẹo ngọt.
Em yêu kẹo.
Em ăn với sướng vui.
Rồi kẹo hết.
Em mỉm cười với Giêsu.
Em cám ơn Giêsu đã cho em kẹo,
để em biết hạnh phúc là gì.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
Only focusing on you
and taking care of the world,
not attached to anyone,
even the person I love so much,
my problems get better.
Moreover, the problems are gone.
Magical!
Hallelujah!
Jesus, please help me be in you,
in you
and in you.
I love you, Jesus.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
Do you know
when feeling unhappy with the world
what is a simple way to feel good?
Taking care of the world.
Yes, taking care of the world helps us feel good.
We might start with questions such as:
“What’s been happening to our country?
Continue reading Prayer 695
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