Dear Jesus,

The devastating earthquake
on our western shore
a century ago is all but forgotten now
except in the old history books
and fading photos of the devastation.

The victims and survivors alike
are long gone to their rest,
and all who knew them and heard first-hand
of this calamity have passed away as well.

Living horror becomes forgotten history.

Please still accept in retrospect my prayers for those whose sorrows and losses were myriad personal tragedies.

I pray for the broken bodies, the broken families, the widows and widowers,
the orphans, the maimed and dead children
and the devastated parents.

In turn, let them, Dear Lord, their sadness over now, look down on me, and seeing
my own small grieves and troubles
and the little earthquakes of my life,
mercifully intercede for me to You.

I may feel fissures and quaking in my health and emotions b But help me to stand strong
in faith when I feel that the earth is moving under me.

Help me always to keep my own needs
in perspective and let me be ready always with my help and love for all my fellow creatures in distress.

All this I pray to You
good God of Care and Understanding,

Amen

(c) 2011 - Donn B. Murphy

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