on praying
Sharing this wonderful and insightful thought on praying written by Paulo Coelho.
A farm labourer with a sick wife, asked a Buddhist monk to say a series of prayers. The priest began to pray, asking God to cure all those who were ill.
“Just a moment,” said the farm labourer. “I asked you to pray for my wife and there you are praying for everyone who’s ill.”
“I’m praying for her too.”
“Yes, but you’re praying for everyone. You might end up helping my neighbour, who’s also ill, and I don’t even like him.”
“You understand nothing about healing,” said the monk, moving off. “By praying for everyone, I am adding my prayers to those of the millions of people who are also praying for their sick. Added together, those voices reach God and benefit everyone. Separately, they lose their strength and go nowhere.”
… and that’s the reason why we love Paulo.. (oh yes, first name basis kami kunwari. Haha!)
Thank you for sharing that story ─ I badly need extra inspiration and strength, where ever I can get it.
very inspiring… thanks for sharing…
Yes, very insightful, and I love Paulo Coelho too, though at times, he writes so deeply i cannot fathom his words.
nice nice. yan ang pang advent.
simply inspirational… actually i also do the same; i pray in general; i pray for even those anonymous people in need of Lord’s mercy.
Amen!
Very inspiring. It’s good to be specific with our prayers. But it’s better to pray for the generic intentions, too.
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nice thought there!
Such an inspiration. Thanks for sharing. ;D
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i dont believe that a solitary prayer goes nowhere if the good intent of it is as strong as a thousand prayers…
absolutely agree
yah! i agree. this is very inspiring!
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