Alamin mula kay Señor... KAALAMAN KUNG PAANO HIHILINGIN ANG PAG-ULAN

Sr. Socrates Magnus II

Bigyang-daan natin ngayon ang importanteng bagay na isinasagawa ngayong panahon ng tagtuyot.

Sa ngayon nararanasan ng bansa ang matinding tagtuyot. Ang kawalan ng ulan ay nakapipinsala sa mga panamin.

Kaya tayo ay nahaharap sa banta ng pagtaas ng mga bilihin dahil ang ating ekonomiya ay nakabase sa “supply and demand” na kapag walang supply ay mataas ang de­mand at ang mga bilihin ay magmamahal.

Sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao, namiminsala ang tagtuyot. Nasisira ang mga pananim at ang mga tao ay nakararanas ng gutom.

Kapag hindi umulan, hindi lang ang mga taniman ang matutuyo dahil ang mga imbakan ng tubig tulad ng mga dam ay mawawalan din ng tubig. Kaya hindi lang basta gutom ang ating kinahaharap kundi ang pagkauhaw din ng mga tao, hayop at halaman.

Kapag walang ulan, matutuyo ang lupa at kapag tuyo ang lupa ang init ng panahon ay mas mainit kaysa sa pangkaraniwan.

Dahil dito, hinihikayat ang lahat na magdasal ng Oratio Emperata para umulan.

Narito ang English version ng Oratio Emperata:

“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..”

Ito ang kailangan natin ngayon.