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 have a breakfast.

Let’s visualize ourselves as a Buddha,
and visualize our brothers and sisters as a Buddha.

I’m a Buddha
and everyone sitting around this table are Buddhas.

We all have a delicious breakfast.
The start of the day is great.

Thank you, Jesus.
I love you.

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

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

The prayer series

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 →

The prayer series

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 →

The prayer series

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 →