Useful Prayer in the Face of a Natural Disaster

Useful Prayer in the Face of a Natural Disaster 

May Jesus Christ Govern in his glory,

Lord of the heavens and the earth.

God became man

The Verb became flesh.

Christ was born of a pure Virgin,

He suffered and was crucified.

He died only to resurrect from death.

Christ then rose to the heavens.

Christ won, Christ governs.

Christ, save us! Let your will be done.

Protect us from the furious storm.

Jesus Christ is our savior

And the Virgin Mary dwells with us.

Lord Jesus Christ, protect us from evil spirits.

Jesus has won,

He is the lion of the tribe of Juda,

the seed of David,

the lamb of God,

God Almighty,

God Omnipotent,

Our Immortal God!

Have pity on us! Amen.

Short Version:

God, quiet down the furious storms,

So that its rage may turn

Reasons for us to praise your name. Amen.

Commentaries

This bad weather prayer is pretty old. This is well noted in the evil spirit reference. In the old days, people thought that poltergeist were to blame for bad storms. As such, the long version asks Jesus to protect us from evil spirit. The huge preliminary praise is standard of old prayers. First, you must humble yourself to God before asking anything. After all, he is God.

This prayer is also very similar to the creed of belief. Usually, most Jesus prayers make reference to the Virgin Mary and his resurrection. This anti storm prayer is also dedicated to Jesus because it was one of his famous miracles. You remember when he walked on water to his apostles during a storm? Twice in the Bible, he calmed the fury of the storms. The short version I learned it from my Grandma. She used to cut tornados while saying this prayer. She would slice them with a knife as they started forming. The scary thing is that her prayers were answered so quickly. I miss my Grandma…