Family Prayers
A popular song in my family of four daughters is "We Are Family." In one of my English as a second language classes, my multi-national students adopted the song to express their delight in finding friendship in other women whose cultures were so different, yet so similar to their own. We ARE family! Therefore, when one of the members of the family is in pain, or trouble, or is hurt, we all feel for them. Over the past year, too often, we have been faced with images and stories of members of the human family who are suffering in unimaginable ways. As in any family, there are times when we are helpless to change the suffering. But, we can do something...we can pray. I know from my own life that prayer works. Prayer changes situations that at first seemed impossible. One thing to remember, though. Prayer always gets answered, but not always the way WE want. So, we much carefully form our intentions and when we p...