BIRTHDAY   PRAYER- 1

Angelus – hymn no 114 from sing life

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER :

Spirit of the living God, dwelling in our hearts blow afresh on every member of the  body of Christ today.  Open our eyes to the great inheritance that ours in you Jesus and in the church. shine your light into our hearts. Holy Spirit reveal the areas that need your loving touch. Oh divine physician make us whole Spirit of God, you are our source of strength, hope and love, enlarge the gateways of our hearts. So that the king of glory can enter in. We shall invoke God’s Spirit in our midst as we prayerfully listen to the hymn from cassette “Come Holy Spirit”

ARATI  PRAYER:

Lit lamp is a symbol of God.  You are like the light of the morning when the sun rise. Thank you Lord, for having created us in your image and  likeness and  granted us the grace to be reflection of your light. We thank you for all your goodness to us and specially to our sister ______ as she celebrates her birthday. The flowers symbolize the goodness of Sr. _________. Now I request Sr. ________  to perform the arati symbolizing herself surrender and be filled with His light and radiate the same to people.

INTRODUCTION :

Life is the most beautiful and precious gift that God has placed in human hands. We exist not by my initiative but by the initiative of others, mainly that of God. Because it is He who thought of us in His divine plan and it is He who formed us in our mother’s womb. God rejoices at every new creation and every new born child is the sign that God is still in love with human kind. Dear Sr. __________ the God of love says today “you are precious in my eyes, you are mine”. I love you Dear Sr. ___________ it is a great and deep significance. All these years God has loved you and His love has made you more beautiful and precious for Him and for others. As you celebrate the events of your birthday, we thank you God for all the loving care and blessings bestowed upon you and for all the graces that God has showered upon you.  Let us join with our

Sr. ________ and be rejoice singing the praises of  God.

Hymn  -“Beginning today”

Now let us Listen  the conversion between  God and Psalmist

Ps :      Listen to me Lord ,Yahweh I wish to speak to you .

God:    Speak my child. I have been waiting for you  to come to me  to speak to me, what is it that you   wish to say?

Ps:       You Lord Yahweh, are not only the inspiring creator and the magnificent Lord of the universe but you are all knowing ever present God as well.

God:    Yes, my child, I am. Since I am the creator, I know and I am present to all of my creatures. Every creature belongs to me. I know and I am present to you, for you too are mine.

Ps:       Yahweh you examine me and you know me. You know if I am standing or sitting, you read my thoughts from far away, whether I walk or lie down you are watching, you know every action of mine.

God:    Do you really believe, my child that I am present to you?

Ps:       Lord Yahweh. I cannot see you but there are times when I do  sense your presence. The word is not even on my tongue, Yahweh, before you know all about it.

God:    Yes my child, no matter which way you turn I am there to confront you. Like a city wall, I surround you, shielding you from this and protecting you from that.

Ps:       Yes Lord, you formed my very being it was you who created my inmost self and put me  together in my mother’s womb, for all these mysteries and for the wonders I thank you.

God:    Yes, it was I put you together in your mother’s womb. With my creative power I gave you life because you are my creature, I am the one who determines the numbers of your days I had plans for you my loved one, while you were still in your mother’s womb.

Ps:       Oh! Yes Lord Yahweh, how Lord it is to grasp your thoughts,  how  impossible to count them, I could no more count them than I could count the sand and suppose I would still be with me.

Life- A Gift to share :Story- Role Play

 Once upon a time there was a king. He was very generous. He called five of his subjects to his palace and surprised them by giving each a very precious gift.

On receiving the gifts all five were amazed – but each for a different reason.

The first subject took the gift, looked at himself, bowed his head & said, no sir, I am not worthy to receive your gift. I would not know how to use it and perhaps in receiving it I would be obliged to offer you a gift in return which I am unable to do. Your gift is now my burden. Here it is, I give back to you.

The second looked at the gift and be said what a beautiful ribbon. Let me put it in my show case for all to see the precious gift the king has given me.

The third immediately took the gift, went to a corner to make sure no one was looking and no one would cast a jealous eye on what he had received. He then opened it eagerly and began to consume its content all by himself.

The forth received the gift and was dissatisfied because he expected something else. I wanted a cake and you gave me bread. I wanted a car and you gave me a bicycle. I wanted a voice to sing & you only gave me a voice to speak. I hate your gift & through the gift down trampled on it and walked away.

The fifth received the gift delight opened the wrapper with anticipated joy, was amazed at the precious he bewailed and then ran up in gratitude  to the king and said ‘I am sincerely grateful for the honor you have bestowed on me by giving me such a precious gift. For choosing me from so many unworthy as I am. Thank you ! thank you ! thank you ! and then in sheer delight he called the neighbors and  began to share his gift with them and to tell them of the good things the king had done for him .

But what does it mean to accept life as  the gift  of God?

As dear Sr._________  life is the first gift of God to you and to each of 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 through this story the Lord wants to convey this massage to you that your 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 gift for purpose you ought to discover what this purpose it and strive to fulfill it. Human life has a great potential ach human being is endowed with gifts ranging from physiological to the spiritual. The combination of talents in an individual makes the individual truly potent with creativity and power. From Sing life hymn no. 167

CONCLUDING PRAYER

On this day we thank you heavenly father for our dear Sr. _________ whom you have chosen for your service we ask you father to walk with her to show your marvelous & love throughout her life. Help her to grow in the knowledge of your love & find true joy in serving with undivided hearts.