Fr. Jerry Kurian
Fr. Jerry Kurian serves as a Priest of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Want to know how to overcome challenges and stay true to your Lenten commitment? Find out more by reading on!
God, we would be happy if you could spend some time with us this lent.
Our prayers are about individual needs, unresolved pains and difficult tensions.
If you spend a little time with us; we can speak, share, reveal and just...
God, tell us how to conduct ourselves during lent.
May we not have self doubts, guilt and pain, thinking that our words and actions do not match.
You are our standard and our guide and we need not look any further.
Put...
God, draw us closer to you this lent.
Worldly things are attractive and are relentless in trying to influence us.
Adjustments are made instead of sincerely following you.
Even when we try to embrace Jesus’ path, we are isolated, wrongly accused and...
God, inspire us to pray hard for those who are sick.
There are many at different stages of illness. The gospel readings during lent remind us of Jesus’ healing capabilities.
Lent won’t be complete unless we pray and ask Jesus to...
God, be with us in our journey to understand ourself. Repentance asks for identifying our shortcomings and faults and this is not easy.
Reveal to us our faults and tell us what and how to change. To repent need...
God, teach us to be hospitable in our life and environment. Someone out there is looking for a smile, help, guidance and love. May we not be choosy in helping and reaching out but help whoever we come across....
God, we pray for those affected by the multiple rounds of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Thousands of lives have been lost, homes have been razed to the floor, and the extremely cold climate has hampered rescue work.
Give...
Help us Lord to understand how and why to pray to you. We have faltered and erred in our prayers and many a time have just read through prayers instead of understanding and praying them meaningfully.
Teach us to prepare...
Gracious God, teach us how to see hope in every situation. It will be life-changing if we could imagine, talk about and practise hope when the majority of people have just lost hope. Nothing is going to be easy...
