O GOD,MASTER OF THIS PASSING WORLD,
HEAR THE HUMBLE VOICES OF YOUR CHILDREN.
THE SEA OF GALILEE OBEYED YOUR ORDER
AND RETURNED TO IT'S FORMER QUIETUDE.
YOU ARE STILL THE MASTER OF LAND AND SEA.
WE LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF DANGER OVER
WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL:
THE GULF, LIKE A PROVOKED AND ANGRY GIANT,
CAN AWAKE FROM IT'S SEEMING LETHARGY,
OVERSTEP IT'S CONVENTIONAL BOUNDRIES,
INVADE OUR LAND,
AND SPREAD CHAOS AND DISASTER.
DURING THIS HURRICANE SEASON WE TURN TO YOU, O LOVING FATHER.
SPARE US FROM PAST TRAGEDIES WHOSE MEMORIES ARE STILL VIVID
AND WHOSE WOUNDS REFUSE TO HEAL WITH PASSING OF TIME.
O VIRGIN, STAR OF THE SEA, OUR BELOVED MOTHER,
WE ASK YOU TO PLEAD WITH YOUR SON ON OUR BEHALF,
SO THAT SPARED FROM THE CALAMITIES COMMON TO THIS AREA
AND ANIMATED WITH A TRUE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE,
WE WILL WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YOUR DIVINE SON
TO REACH THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM
WHERE THE STORMLESS ETERNITY AWAITS US.
AMEN
