Lord, have mercy.

Date: 28 December 2004 22:22:08

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Thanks be to God that aid is beginning to arrive; may it be distributed quickly and equitably.

I'm not one generally to push these things...but if you can spare anything, organisations such as Red Cross, Care Australia and World Vision are taking donations online. And if you cannot give, pray (and if you can give -- pray as well!), for as St Seraphim of Sarov said:

Of course, every good deed done for Christ's sake gives us the grace of the Holy Spirit, but prayer gives us it most of all, for it is always at hand, so to speak, as an instrument for acquiring the grace of the Spirit. For instance .... you would like to give alms to a beggar, but there isn't one, or you have nothing to give .... Prayer is always possible for everyone, rich and poor, noble and humble, strong and weak, healthy and sick, righteous and sinful.