The prayer series

Jesus,

“For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”*

The law does not remove my sins
but only is used to judge if I have sins or not.
The law makes me die with my sins, Continue reading Prayer 224 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Remember when we met for the first time?
It was sunny, windy and cool.
You walked by me,
held my hand
and smiled at me.
Since then we’ve studied Bible,
practiced martial arts,
and cooked… together. Continue reading Prayer 223 →

You might have known about the Buddhist teaching of The Suchness or be familiar with The Nature of Thing phenomenon in our life. It could be as natural as a lion hunts a deer in the wild. Or it is as simple as birth-aging-illness-and death in every human being life. I, too, have read and studied about those teaching and concept and contemplated about that Nature of Thing. It’s been my assumption that I can comprehend the concept with simple explanations. Probably many of us have the same assumption. Continue reading A bird and a cat teach me about the Nature of Thing  →

The prayer series

Jesus,

So hot.

Why don’t you blow away Vietnam Electricity
so that it no longer holds the monopoly?

Oh Jesus, Continue reading Prayer 222 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Should we be closer to US in military relationship?
Should we be a US ally?

…

Is US trustworthy? Continue reading Prayer 221 →

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Giêsu có muốn biết em đang nghĩ gì không?

Em đang nghĩ về tương lai đất nước chúng em.
Một ngày nào đó, thế giới sẽ nói về chúng em:
“Nhìn kìa!
Họ là bạn của Chúa.
Họ biết Chúa
và tay trong tay với Chúa.” Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 220 – Prayer 220 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Corruption in our country is terrible.
So what will you do?
Will you bring floodwaters as in the Noah’s time?
Will you bring fire as in Sodom and Gomorrah’s time?
Do not do that, Jesus, I’m afraid. Continue reading Prayer 219 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I want to listen to English lessons.
Would you like to be a manager of my time?
You’ll organize all things neatly,
and that’s fine by me.
I believe it
and I’ll follow all your plans.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

You are the light,
the one and only light.
Please allow us to gaze at your light
and be one with you.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

Why is this the most important sentence in Bible?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”*

‘Cause it is the easiest teaching, isn’t it? Continue reading Prayer 216 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Why is this the most important sentence in Bible?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”*

‘Cause it has the most important phrase, hasn’t it?
“For God so loved the world.” Continue reading Prayer 215 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

You know,
when I learned literature in high school, from junior to senior,
there was a phrase I always had to use,
from colonial literature to modern literature.
It was:
“The passionate patriotism and the deep hatred of the enemy.”
(“Lòng yêu nước nồng nàn và lòng căm thù giặc sâu sắc.”) Continue reading Prayer 214 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Today I want to continue reading a novel of Hồ Đình Ba,
“Trôi dạt dòng đời – Drifting lifes“.

I lived at the Catholic quarters in Hue for about 5 years
and had a close neighborhood in there,
but I knew nothing about their spiritual world.
The novel opens my eyes. Continue reading Prayer 213 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

When you said,
“You are the light of the world.
… let your light shine before others…”,(1)
I thought you wanted me to shine.
Now I suddenly think
perhaps you want us to be one. Continue reading Prayer 211 →