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This prayer was composed and is being offered for the bar candidates of Project Phoenix of the Arellano University School of Law. 

Lord, thank you for the opportunity of gathering us together in Project Phoenix.
We know that this is not a matter of coincidence.
You chose this moment for a particular reason.
And that is the fact that we are destined to become a full-pledged member of the Bar by this time next year.

We thank you for uplifting our spirit.
We thank you for giving us the right attitude to face every adversity as we prepare for the bar examinations.
We thank you for our good state of physical well being.
We thank you for the sound knowledge of law and jurisprudence.
We thank you for the enlightenment and the gift of expression.
And most of all we thank you for all the blessings knowing fully well that there are more less-privileged in our midst.

Rest assured our dearest Lord that whatever human triumph we reap, we will always offer, dedicate and uplift it in Your Name and for Your Greater Glory. Amen.

Today my eldest son, James, ends his three-day Annual Senior Retreat at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches, Quezon City as part of the Ateneo High School formation program. As he comes out of the retreat house, I offer to him the following prayers:

Jesus, our Risen Lord, I dearly love my son but I know that You and Our Father love him more dearly.

As he goes through with his own life, guide him always in his mission and purpose in accordance with Your Will.

Make him, most especially, your disciple of peace, love and compassion in this world of conflict and indifference.

Every day of his life, keep him away from sins and protect him from all harm, temptations and anxieties.

Show him constantly that God’s Kingdom exists not only in Heaven but also on Earth.  Amen.

May God bless you always, my beloved son.

St. Mary is the Immaculate Mother of Jesus and revered by all faithful of the Christian world.  Wikipedia says that: “In the Qur’an, no other woman is given more attention than the Virgin Mary. In fact, the nineteenth chapter of the Qur’an is named after her and is about her life. Of the Qur’an’s 114 chapters, she is among only eight people who have a chapter named after them. Mary is also the only woman specifically named in the Qur’an. In Islam, she is generally referred to as Maryam, Umm Isa (Mary, the mother of Jesus). For Muslims, the Virgin Mary is viewed as both an example and a sign for all people. . . . Holy Virgin Mary is regarded as the best woman that ever came on the face of the Earth.”

Today is the Nativity of the Blessed Mother and as one of Her faithful, I offer the following prayers:

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Jesus and of all creation,
You inspire us with the magnificence and nobility of Your maternal love,
You teach us to believe in miracles in the face of hopelessness and helplessness,
You uplift our spirit to keep faith in your Son and our Father in Heaven,
This world would not be any better if not for your majestic and imposing presence.

May Your Nativity always bring out the best in everyone of us according to our Father’s Will,
May Your Immaculate Conception keep us free from temptations amidst our human frailties,
May Your Apparitions be a constant reminder of the eternal life that we all long to fullfill,
And may our devotion to Your Holy Rosary finally put finis to our greed and all our difficulties.

Each day of our lives, we ask God and Your Son Jesus, through your powerful intercession:
For the wisdom to discern good from evil, with clarity of thought and purpose and a pure heart.
For the power to make a difference in the lives of others and all the creations around us,
For the strength to help the needy, the less-fortunate and those in pain among us,
For the will to forgive and forget those who offend, transgress and sin against us,
And for the resolve to confront and accept all the challenges and adversities that come before us.

Thank you Dearest Lord for giving us a Mother who lived as one of us and continue to live among us.

AMEN . . .