Let us have the compassion to help others in any way that we can; the self-awareness to realize how casually we devastated Baghdad, and now see up close what the devastation of a city really means; the humility to ask God's forgiveness for our ever having taken for granted our extraordinary blessings; and hope that, with His help, we can rise to the level of power and humanity to turn this tragedy into a lesson from which all of us have learned.

Dear God,

Please help the victims of the hurricane.
Send them legions of angels
both human and divine.
Please fortify their hearts
and bolster their strength.
Pave a way
from this darkness
into an ever-increasing light --
in them,
in America
and in every single one of us.
May what has hurt us
now heal us,
as it takes us
deeper into Love.
For them,
and for all the world,
may miracles restore
the broken places of the heart.

Amen

God bless you. You know what to do. Send what you can to the Red Cross www.redcross.org or call 1-800-HELP-NOW.

Pray without ceasing. And remember: miracles are happening there too.

With love,

Marianne