BIRTHDAY PRAYER- 3

The Angelus: - (sing life-Hymn no-114)

Holy Spirit prayer- Let us feel the presence of the Holy Spirit that we receive the spirit fresh anointing through the living word of God. As we pray the various quotations.

• The spirit will teach you in that very hour (Lk 12/1)
• I will pour out my spirit of compassion and supplications on you. (Zech-12/10)
• God hears jealously for the spirit that he has made to dwell in you. (Jas 4/5)
• It is not you speak but the Holy Spirit (Mk 13/11)
• For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. (Rom 8)
• God’s love has been poured into your hearts through the holy spirit.(Rom 5/5)
• A new heart I will give you and a new spirit I will put within you (Ezek 36/26)
• My spirit abides among you do not fear (Hag 2)
• I will put my spirit within you and you shall live (Ezek 37/14)

Hymn –Pour out your Spirit

Introduction: Today is the days which was made by the lord for each one of us and especially to our dear sister… so let us rejoice and be glad to sing and praise our god the creator the maker of life. God our loving father we praise and thank you for the gift of new life and New Year to our dear sister who is the precious gift to our congregation, to her friends far and near. Thank you Lord for all that she is to each one of us. Today is a beautiful and important day as she commemorates her birthday in this world. We rejoice and celebrate with her this day as she shares your love and gift of life to this universe. We thank you for the numerous blessings upon her and her dear ones. We continue to give glory to god by singing the hymn. (My life is in….)

Yes dear sister life is a first gift of god to you and to each one us. Your parents nurtured your life but it was god who gave it to you. Therefore every human life is willed by god. We are not here by chance but by choice. The lord wants to convey a message to you that yours life is holy, sacred, mysterious. It is unrepeatable each life is distinct unique and original. You are endowed with a separate identity. Your life is purposeful it is a gift for a purpose. You ought to discover what this purpose is and strive to fulfill it. Human life has great potential – each human being is endowed with gifts ranging from the physiological to the spiritual. The combination of talents in an individual makes the individual truly potent with creativity and power.

Hymn-Beginning today my morning are yours,

Readings: - Proverb 8/22-31 or Phil 4/4-9

Let us hear the conversation between God and sister. “You are special to me.”

God- Happy Birthday dear sister.

Sister-Thank you Lord, for greeting me with your divine presence on this beautiful day. The entire family rejoices on my birthday, everyone comes to greet me with bouquet of flowers, cards, prayers and blessings. I feel so privileged and happy to celebrate my day. But I cannot understand why this birthday remains so special to me. There are so many others in the world, why have you created me so specially? Without me also this world would be very beautiful.

God- Yes, I could have made a world without you, but don’t you realize this? That I did not want a world without you? A world without you would have been incomplete for me.

Sister-Why am I very special?

God- Yes, my child you are the child of my heart the delight of my thoughts, the apple of my eye.

Sister- You would have made a different structure born of a different parent, born in a different place, in a different culture endowed with different set of gifts.

God- But I did not want you to be different. It is you that I love. Just as every grain of wheat, sand on the sea shore and every snow flakes that falls in winter time has its own unique structure. As no other human being has composed ever been. It is you that I love and that I have always loved and will always love.

Hymn from cassette- Your are precious to me”

Letter from heaven: - My most beloved daughter listens to the lord who made you who formed you in the womb of your mother. Before I formed you I know you. I knit you together in your mother’s womb. Your life and everything belongs to me. I created you in my image. You are precious in my sight and I love you. When you were a child it was I who taught you to walk. I picked you up and held you to my cheeks. I bent down to you and fed you. I have cared for you from the time you were born. Even if your mother forgets you I will never forget you. I will guard you as the apple of my eye and hide you in the shadow of my wings and I will be with you. You shall be my treasured possession. I will never let you be defeated and put to shame. I will give you a success and fight against whoever fights with you.  

Dear sisters let us put forth your petitions.

Concluding prayer:-May this year bring you happiness, specially on your birthday, may God keep you safe with loving care, protect and strengthen you, whatever task you face, whatever you may do, whenever you may go, however dark the way. May God watch over you, and keep you safe each day, with a deep sense of gratitude we wish you dear sister… God’s choicest blessings and many more years ahead of you in the service of the Lord. Let us conclude our prayer by singing the hymn from sing life