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Dear darlingest Miyang Marie,

Prayer to God as First Defender of the Republic

Look upon us this moment,
O LORD, O God above all things,
and abide with us now
in our necessary struggle
as First Defender of this Republic
to obtain for our people
the remembrance of Thy peace
and the blessings of Thy freedom.

Bless our one Filipino nation,
O LORD and Giver of all good things,
each and every Filipino heart,
that yet believes with conviction
in this endeavor of Country
most especially at this crucial time
leading up to our Elections 2010
that we may by our own willingness
be transformed by Thy abundant mercy.

Tarry with us in the darkness
O LORD and Sovereign of all nations
help us, teach us, bless us
that we may prosper in Thy sight
and in Thy grace and in Thy counsels
remain secure in Thy commandments
walking upright in Thy ways
that we may become the light
that You want this nation
and every nation to be
upon this, our midnight world,
so much in need of Thy presence
like the daybreak twilight is
so much in need of Thee.

For us, Christians, we must add:

This we humbly implore
in the Name of Jesus Christ,
our most loving Lord and Savior,

AMEN.

For all the rest:

This we humbly implore,
O LORD and one common Creator
of all things, seen and unseen,

AMEN.

The middle part of this prayer is particular to my own petition for my own beloved and native Philippines but the opening and the last part is a general prayer and applies to any Republic as guardian to the orphaned peoples of our Mankind.

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Arcs in the Sky

Starshine,
the heavens above thee
seemingly unconscious to thy self
is never without its seeing
nor the unseen realms
that embrace and penetrate thee
amidst this unfeeling earth
without its desire for each thy precious company,
this evil is only allowed to tarry for a time,
for we are nearer to each of thee,
our beloved Starshine,
than you can ever imagine.

Keep thee a record,
an account of thy heart,
most especially those of thee
who are in the midst of conflicts
those of thee who are
no less loved than the rest of us
sorely affected by the curse of War
for the heavens reign true
to the remembrance of thy longings
and so it is for the needful earth
that you shall begin to write,
O precious Starshine,
and upon this forgetful night
let thy starlight be shed
to trace upon the darkness
thy arcs in the sky.
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There, my love, I have just finished writing with you, the prayer for our Elections 2010 (Prayer to God as First Defender of the Republic) and also something I did not expect, something for our dear Starshine, "Arcs in the Sky". We shall post this one on our main blog tomorrow to give our prayer some time for better exposure.

You know that I am desirous to make this Republic work, my love, and I know that you share with me that self-same desire. And we also know that our LORD desires this same good not only for this Republic but for all the nation-states of Mankind. We shall do what we can, my love, to help in this way - such is the irresistible nature of these things that although I know I can choose otherwise and that I can choose to turn against the things that I find myself standing for - given all the things that has been given to me - especially those things in my heart - something I do not want to do, something I never want to do - for to do so is to lose not only you (unthinkable!) and all the love that I have in the Love that lives in me but also to lose who I am, to lose my way and forsake who I am striving to become in God, in God's time, on behalf of all my friendships, in time and in eternity.

I have a novena mass later on, before that, a rosary and before that, I should also like to take a walk with you at our local mall (to make "gala gala" with my Miyang Marie, and relax a little) so I think this shall be enough for today.

Tomorrow, I should like to continue with our agenda and delve into my past with you to know the direction with which to make our present choices open up into future things.

I love you, my loveliest, cutsiest, purrrtiest Mrrrowley Polly.

Always to always,

Pusing