{"id":368,"date":"2015-02-03T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/?p=368"},"modified":"2020-09-05T04:05:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T09:05:40","slug":"a-mothers-prayer-for-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/a-mothers-prayer-for-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mother’s Prayer for the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Khadijeh Elahi-Taleghani<\/a><\/h4>\n
1931-1998<\/h5>\n

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O God, the Merciful:<\/em><\/p>\n

Grant us a morsel of Your Eternal Peace, and
\nGrant us enough strength so we can love our enemy;
\nSo we can forgive those who unleash their sharp tongues at us
\nSo when in doubt, we can employ our faith to help us
\nSo in our time of despair, we can become hopeful
\nSo in depth of darkness, we become a source of light
\nAnd in face of pain and misery, we can remain optimistic.<\/p>\n

O God, the Merciful:<\/em><\/p>\n

Help and guide us so we can always rush to help others.
\nKeep us from waiting for others to help us,
\nNever expecting others to love us for our assistance.
\nLet us love others and always acknowledge that
\nLove gives birth to love,
\nForgiveness brings forgiveness, and
\nEternal Life is granted to those who sacrifice themselves for others.<\/p>\n

O God, the Merciful:<\/em><\/p>\n

Grant us the honor to serve You and thank You endlessly,
\nSo when we are with the dearest of our dear ones,
\nWhen our existence depends on their existence,
\nLike a mountain, we are strong and unmoved.
\nAnd yet in an instant of their need,
\nWe are full of surge like the white water rapids.<\/p>\n

Amen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Khadijeh Elahi-Taleghani<\/strong>\u00a0(1931-1998)–mother, grandmother, math teacher, and inspiration to all who knew her–wrote this magnificent prayer in the last year of her life while visiting Iran to fulfill her gravely ill mother’s last wish. After a severe stroke in April 1998, she was brought back to Los Angeles by an air ambulance while still in a deep coma. She died on July 4, 1998–her day of “independence” from this life. Her oldest son, Fari Hamzei read this prayer at her eulogy. He recently translated it from Persian.<\/div>\n

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