Dasal para sa pag-ulan, inilabas ng CBCP
Nagpalabas ng Oratio Imperata o Obligatory Prayer para sa pag-ulan ang Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
Ang Prayer for Rain na inilabas ng CBCP ay dadasalin sa mga simbahan sa bansa tuwing may idaraos na misa.
Nakasaad sa panalangin na marami na sa mga apektado ng tagtuyot ang nakararanas ng gutom at uhaw. “Father, Your children are begging to survive, hear us, we desire to live. Prolonged drought is depriving us of the fruits of our toil; Low water supply means hunger and thirst for most of us;” nakasaad sa panalangin.
Sinabi ni CBCP President at Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, iba ang kapangyarihan ng dasal at natitiyak niyang maibibigay ang pag-ulan lalo na sa mga lugar na matindi na ang epekto ng El Nino.
Ayon naman kay Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary ng Public Affairs Committee (PAC) ng CBCP, ang simbahan ay nagpapalabas ng Oratio Imperata kapag may nararanasang kalamidad sa bansa.
Sa paglalabas ng Oratio Imperata o Obligatory Prayer, sinabi ni Secillano na makatutulong ang sabayang pagdarasal sa anumang kalamidad na nararanasan gaya na lamang ng El Nino.
Narito ang kabuuan ng Obligatory Prayer na inilabas ng CBCP:
PRAYER FOR RAIN
Most Gracious and Most Merciful God,
Creator, Source and Giver of all things,
Most powerful in heaven and on earth,
We give You honor and glory.
We thank You
For our home – the earth;
For our light – the sun, moon and stars;
For our solace – our family and friends, our community, our neighbors.
United as Your children, we come to You, pleading,
Shower us with rain, provide us with water that we need.
Father, Your children are begging to survive,
Hear us, we desire to live.
Prolonged drought is depriving us of the fruits of our toil;
Low water supply means hunger and thirst for most of us;
El Niño continues to threaten our relationship with one another.
O Lord, this is a very hostile phenomenon that we beg for You to end.
At this time of looming catastrophe, dear Lord, dwell in our hearts.
Teach us to be more generous; bring out the best in us;
Turn our eyes and ears toward the needs of others, especially the poor.
Move us to share more, care more, serve more and love more.
Holy God, You sanctify this earth to be our sacred abode.
Grant us courage to take in hand the sufferings of the environment;
Grant us might to save and protect the beauty of nature.
Grant us wisdom to restore whatever we have destroyed.
O Loving God, behold on us, Your beloved children
Feel us, feel for us;
Let heaven cry and its tears be our blessed rain.
Have mercy on us Lord, have mercy.
We beg you,
Most Gracious and Merciful God,
Please, let it rain.
Amen.
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