Mr. Toms (Mr. V. T. Thomas ) is a great cartoonist of South India. The
most popular cartoon characters created by him are Boban, a witty boy and
Molly, his smart sister. In one cartoon, the siblings are sent to their
grandparents' home to spend the holidays. Their
grandfather was in the habit of conducting prolonged prayers in the
morning and evening and everyone in the family was expected to participate
actively in the daily prayers. The
children were tired of the lengthy sessions of prayer.
To escape from the ordeal, they went to a famous shrine and collected
from there, a short prayer printed on a
card. Gladly they brought the short prayer home and gave it to the grandfather
as a better substitute for his lengthy traditional prayers. The old man was
excited on getting the new prayer. Happily, he declared, "It is good that
you brought this prayer. I have been longing to get it. From today, we will
recite this prayer regularly, after our usual prayers both in the morning and
evening." The children were shocked to hear this disturbing decision!
Persons
who experience the presence of God will never worry about the length of prayers
and meditations.
People pretend to be too busy to
participate in prayer sessions. Twenty four hours are not sufficient in a day
for many people who pretend to be too busy. God expects us to devote a
reasonable share of our time, talents, assets and knowledge to serve God and
His children. Persons with a real reverence to God consider the time spent for
prayer as a treasure to strengthen their spiritual life.
The
family that prays together stays together. Allen. E. Vartlett wrote, "Seven
days without prayer make one WEAK."
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© By Prof. Dr.
Babu Philip, Professor, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Fine
Arts Avenue, Kochi-682016, Kerala, India, Prof. Mrs. Rajamma Babu, Former
Professor, St. Dominic's College, Kanjirappally, Leo. S. John, St. Antony's Public School, Anakkal, Kanjirappally
and Neil John, Maniparambil,
Ooriyakunnath, Kunnumbhagom, Kanjirappally, Kottayam-686507, Kerala, India.
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