The prayer series

Jesus,

Please help me love you
with all my heart, mind and soul.
Yes, only you, Jesus.

I love you.
I want to love you more than anyone or anything.
I want to love you every moment and forever.

Thank you, Jesus.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

You love Judas and Judas doesn’t love you,
how do you feel?

…

Your job is to connect Father to people.
And people connect to Father or not, it’s not your job.

… Continue reading Prayer 713 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

How can I raise each of my brothers and sisters up?

Teach me,
the rabbi meek and lowly in heart.

Amen.

PTH

Hôm qua mình bắt đầu đi học đàn lại, đã lâu lắm rồi, mình mới lại có cái cảm giác hứng khởi thế. Mình lại há hốc với từng âm thanh, với từng đoạn nhạc cất lên mà mình đàn được, đã lâu lắm rồi mới học một bài nhạc mới, thật sự cảm giác rất khó tả, nó giống như là mình bỏ quên sở thích của mình lâu quá, đã lâu lắm rồi mới cười nhiều như vậy. Mình bắt đầu háo hức với những ngày sắp tới, chỉ bằng suy nghĩ về những bản nhạc yêu thích mà mình sắp đàn được, cảm giác rất tuyệt vời. Mình còn nhớ cái lần đi lựa đàn, chú bán đàn lén chụp hình mình lúc ngồi đàn thử, chú bảo, chú chưa từng thấy ai vui như vậy khi ngồi đàn cả (thiệt xấu hổ, chắc vẻ mặt hơi quá lố). Continue reading Học đàn lại →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Anh Hoành is a big-hearted teacher.
I want to follow anh Hoành.
Please open my heart so that I can do all anh Hoành’s teachings at my best.

Thank you, Jesus.
Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

Let’s practice singing.

Now we sing in front of no one,
but we’ll sing in front of many people.
So we need to practice singing in front of the crowd.

Let’s visualize a Buddha,
visualize ourselves as a Buddha,
and visualize people as a Buddha. Continue reading Prayer 708 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I want to become a  jazz drummer as good as I can be.

For what?

For my brothers and sisters to be happy.

Because they love music
and I love them,
I want to play music well so that they are happy.
When they’re happy, I’m also happy.

You help me?

I love you.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

Secular education  may help us master knowledge,
but cannot help us master our heart.
Moreover, when we master knowledge,
when we have many people know us for our knowledge ,
we  may easily become arrogant.

…

You are the lowly qualified carpenter. (Mark 6:3)
You are a rabbi (John 1:38),
who has no place to lay your head (Matthew 8:20). Continue reading Prayer 706 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I love Buddha.
Let’s visualize a Buddha,
visualize ourselves as a Buddha,
and visualize people as a Buddha.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

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

The prayer series

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

The prayer series

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

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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 →