Birthday Prayer - 18

YOU ARE MOULDED IN MY IMAGE AND LIKNESS [B] - 18

Lord, thank you for the gift of this day. Every morning has its own beauty, events, and experiences. Every flower that opens, every bird that flies tells us about the love of God. Every child is born on this earth carry the impression of unseen God to humanity… L- 37

          God said, “let me create human being in my own image and likeness and I will breath to their nostrils. I will create them with intelligence so that they may find my intelligence in creation. I will give them heart that they may find my heart in others. I will give them eyes that they may see the other. I will give them ear that they may listen my silent cry in the suffering humanity.

          Thank you Lord for you created us with all human abilities. Thank you Lord for all that you have done. Lord today in a special way we remember sr…. as she celebrates her birthday. It is a day for all of us to join with sister in thanking God for she carry the impression of Christ to tell us once again that God still loves the world. Bhajan…

[Offering mud] Mud is a symbol of productivity, creation. Mud gives life, renews the nature, replace new with old. Mud is the worth of the earth and prize of the land. Dear sister you are created to recreate the earth to renew its life to replace and rearrange the created things.

[Message from God] Dear sister there is a message from God today.

I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging.

Join you without invading, invite you without demanding.

Leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming.

Help you without insulting. If you can have the same from me then we can truly meet and enrich each other…. You are so special to each one of us, special to God who created you that is why we are here to celebrate the special moments. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for the Lord who called us to join with you to sing the praises of the mighty God, to look at the wonder of this moment.

We know well that you have a dream to fulfill, a song to sing. A dream of God’s kingdom to realize it here and now. Dear sister in the whole world there is only one you, precious in his sight. You have potential to love, to care, to create and to grow, to sacrifice and to make others happy by your talents. You are a mystery of the presence of God.

          Let us join with our sister in giving praise to God for his wonderful creation while she recite the psalm 139.

          As we thank the Lord for the gift of life to our dear sister let us pay the our father along with sister.

Our father, who created heaven and earth, we thank you for the gift of sister. May your name be glorified through her life and the life of her near and dear ones. May your kingdom be spread through her life. May your will be accepted by your dear

Servant as you has accepted your father’s will. Give her and to all her family members the good health, the gift and fruit of your spirit to have a joyful life. give them all generous hearts love and forgive their mistakes. Help them not to be tempted by the world and deliver them all from that is not holy and not yours… amen

Concluding prayer: Lord is the beginning and end of all hats we do and say. Prompt our actions with your grace and complete them with your all powerful help. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord…