Hail in Hawaii... Time to PRAY!

  

Dime-sized hail that fell in our Kailua

yard and on my car (right).  Some of the

hail stones that fell were reported to

be as large as golf balls - yikes!

OK, the weather has been bad all week long; that's fine... but when hail starts falling in sun-loving Hawaii (some as big as 2" wide) then it means the weather is really, really bad!  Lightning, thunder, rain, strong winds, flooding... and now hail - this is definitely an unusual and potentially dangerous situation! It's time to start praying... so I'm posting the very powerful prayer shown below for readers - local and abroad - who discern the need to pray it.

Prayer Against Storms

 (make the Sign of the Cross with each "+")

Jesus Christ, the King of Glory

has come in Peace. + God became

man, + and the Word was made flesh.

+ Christ was born of a Virgin. + Christ

suffered. + Christ was crucified.

+ Christ died. + Christ rose from the

dead. + Christ ascended into Heaven.

+ Christ conquers. + Christ reigns.

+ Christ orders. +

May Christ protect us from

all storms and lightning. + Christ

went through their midst in Peace,

+ and the Word was made flesh.

+ Christ is with us with Mary. + Flee

you enemy spirits because the Lion

of the Generation of Judah, the

Root of David, has won. +

Holy God! + Holy Powerful

God! + Holy Immortal God!

+ Have mercy on us.

Amen. +

As I'm drafting this post, on this bleak Friday morning, solid chunks of ice are falling right outside my window and I can hear sirens blaring outside ('hope no one's seriously hurt); in all my 40+ years of life, I have never seen anything like this happen in Hawaii. It's amazing and frightening at the same time... and the local news has just announced that more of the same severe weather conditions are headed our way.  +++ More prayers needed +++

To my Hawaii neighbors out there, take care and may God bless us all!