MAY WE PAUSE FOR A WHILE AND OFFER OUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED LOSS FOR THIS MONTH:
LIST OF DISASTERS AND LOSS FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO PRESENT:
NOVEMBER 1, 2009- Quezon City, fire hit a row of houses along Liberty Avenue in Cubao
NOVEMBER 2, 2009- 16 DIED IN THE BACOLOD FIRE.
NOVEMBER 11-12, 2009- Twenty-four people were killed and 11 others were wounded in a clash from Wednesday until Thursday (NOVEMBER 11 TO 12, 2009) between government troops and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who raided a logging company in Surigao del Sur.
NOVEMBER 16, 2009- A fire hit a slum area in Mandaluyong City Monday evening .
An estimated 5,000 families were left homeless.
MAY WE REALIZE HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE THAT WE ARE STILL ALIVE, THAT WE STILL HAVE HOMES TO LIVE ON AND FAMILIES TO CHERISH.
AT AN INSTANT, EVERYTHING WE HOLD DEAR COULD BE TAKEN FROM US.
MAY WE VALUE MORE WHAT IS PERMANENT AND LASTING THAN WHAT IS TEMPORARY.
MAY WE HOLD ON MORE TO GOD AND LESS UPON TEMPORAL THINGS.
MAY WE CHERISH GOD AND THOSE THAT ARE OF GOD, RATHER THAN BE EVER ATTACHED TO WHAT IS TRANSIENT, FLEETING, AND TEMPORARY.
MAY THOSE WHO SUFFERED LOSS BE COMFORTED BY THE HOLY ONE AND HELP THEM START ANEW.
MAY THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED LOSS OF LOVE ONES BE COMFORTED BY THE DIVINE PRESENCE. MAY THEY RECOVER FROM THEIR LOSS AND LIVE ANEW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MAY GOD BE MERCIFUL UPON THE LIVING, TO THOSE WHO SUFFER IN THIS EARTH TRYING TO SURVIVE FROM DAY TO DAY.
LORD, HAVE MERCY...
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