Waiting for Typhoon Pepeng

As I go about today's activities, I can't help but feel dread over the
coming hours and days ahead... The thought of no electricity and/
or no water and/or more floods is making me antsy...

The country has not yet recovered from Typhoon Ondoy. But we
must brace ourselves as Typhoon Pepeng (International Name:
Typhoon Parma) is already on it's way.

The Catholic Church has encouraged the public to pray the Oratio
Imperata for Deliverance from Calamities:

“Almighty Father, we raise our hearts to You in gratitude for
the wonders of creation of which we are part, for Your providence
in sustaining us in our needs, and for Your wisdom that guides
the course of the universe.

We acknowledge our sins against You and the rest of creation.

We have not been good stewards of Nature.

We have confused Your command to subdue the earth.

The environment is made to suffer our wrongdoing, and now
we reap the harvest of our abuse and indifference.

Global warming is upon us. Typhoons, floods, volcanic eruption,
and other natural calamities occur in increasing number and
intensity.

We turn to You, our loving Father, and beg forgiveness for our
sins.

We ask that we, our loved ones and our hard earned possessions
be spared from the threat of calamities, natural and man-made.

We beseech You to inspire us all to grow into responsible stewards
of Your creation, and generous neighbors to those in need.

Amen.”

For now, all we can do is prepare, pray and wait...

Typhoon Ondoy

We rarely go to the North; our life pretty much revolves
around the South of Manila. Unfortunately, we had a
commitment to be in Cubao. Who would have known that
Typhoon Ondoy (aka Tropical Storm Ketsana) would bring
about one of the worst floods in Metro Manila history?

Basically, it took us the whole day to get back home.
And we're one of the luckier ones. Countless others are
still trying to recover from the floods.

There are numerous relief centers out there. Do take the
time to help out.