It just made me feel so joyful.. We celebrated the birth of Jesus with angels singing and shepherds visiting and magi following a star from the East and bearing gifts. Adobe Express lets you create a custom-tailored message that will make your recipient feel special and honored. Your birthday is gonna be lit. I have come back to you, and I will return, knowing that your open arms will never fail. Act on what we can control, but recognize and move on from what we cant control. We just held our commencement exercises, which signifies the end of our students time here on campus and the beginning of their lives as Xavier alumni. Happy birthday. Rag-ge-dy! 2020. Friend, its been nothing short of amazing to see what youve accomplished in the past year. Though some may not mind having birthdays pass unnoticednever liked birthdays, never willresearch suggests that they can be a special opportunity to nourish positive emotions and fortify our relationships. Thank you for allowing us to skate and keeping your business open during this pandemic!! 'theme' : 'transparent', Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a fantastic year ahead. Enjoy your day. All over the world people are waking up to a new reality To how big we really are. Theres no one on Earth Id rather celebrate more than you. Lets eat, drink, and be merry in your honor. Let Adobe Express be your COVID-19 birthday card design expert. Jesuitresource.org is developed by The Center for Mission and Identity at Xavier University with support from the Conway Institute for Jesuit Education. PDF PRAYERS IN TIME OF A PANDEMIC - Catholic Church in Australia Order a personalized puzzle. In all humility, we turn to our God today to honor our dead. in Venues & Event Spaces, Skating Rinks. )Do not reach out your hands.Reach out your heart.Reach out your words.Reach out all the tendrilsof compassion that move, invisibly,where we cannot touch. Many people have turned to Twitter to vent and find the humor in the reality of spending birthdays in quarantine from awkward Zoom parties to new ways of blowing out candles. We cannot waitfor themto lead. 2020. - Written by Brenda S. Levya-Gardner, Ph.D. 5/24/2, Change is the only constant in life. - Heraclitus (ancient Greek philosopher). An amazing friend deserves an amazing day. A prayer for use by someone who doesn't believe in God. May they know your peace. . Whatever it is you wish for on this special day, know that you deserve it. Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love. What connections to others are you becoming more aware of? Throughout my life, you have showered me with love, laughter, and support. 20 years later, I find myself in another life altering situation in a different hospital with a different disease. I hope that today you look at me and feel my love. Explore professionally designed templates to get your wheels spinning or create your birthday card from scratch. A Prayer to God in Anxious Times Rev. Admittedly, the answers we seek sometimes are not readily clear. To those in pain. We worried about the age. The year that taught us to minimize. Though 20-year-old Aidan G. of Kensington, California, was home from college because of COVID, his girlfriend put together a video of college friends wishing him a happy birthday and sharing appreciations, which really touched him. It does not always feel good to reflect on challenging times, suffering, or loss, but our Ignatian tradition constantly reminds us that reflection is a practice that can impact our present. Dont you think its about time we started to act our age? I pause (breathe in and out) and ask that in the darkness, I see your light and in my fear, I feel your strength. Theyre a great excuse to eat cake. Help us to remember that the gift of Christ, Immanuel, is our greatest treasure, not just at Christmas, but for the whole year through. via: "TweetIgnatian", Good-bye and good luck! The ordinary ways of working and providing and living have disappeared for many. We ache for ourselves and our neighbors, standing before an uncertain future. 3. . Happy birthday. What connections to others are you becoming more aware of? Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic- The birds are singing again The sky is clearing, Spring is coming. Just keep driving by. For you never leave us. Comfort those who are distraught and mourn their loved ones who have died, and at times are buried in a way that. In this uncertain agea time whenour brothers and sistersyearn forpeace and lightwe are calledand stand readyto do magisto do morethan we didbefore. Happy birthday, friend. God of hope, may your love blanket the earth, as you teach us to live more generously today than yesterday. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. - Franz Kafka, Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust, Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. Unknown, Birthdays are nature's way of telling you to eat more cake. - Jo Brand, Old age is like everything else. Thank you that your power is made perfect in our weakness. It's my faith that I lean on as the death tolls resulting from the coronavirus continue to rise. My faith that keeps me steady as our entire country wakes up every morning to wage war on an invisible enemy. Alone and isolated. I love my city. In one study in the U.K., researchers asked people to describe their birthday celebrations and how the festivities affected them at two points in time. ANew Normal is emerging. I cannot see if you smile or if you scowl. And finally, take time to remember that God is with us through all the events of our lives, and that these endings and beginnings are no different. 55 Pandemic Birthday. We need to seek Him through His Word, will, and ways. 55 Pandemic Birthday Ideas Celebrate During COVID - Parade I am grateful for extra time with family, and for all the new ways I have found to connect with friends. For someone who deserves the world hope your day is full of joy, laughter, friendship, and your favorite type of cake. But not to you, Lord. Celebrating Another Milestone Yet Again: 900 Stories With . Happy birthday Jesus! I continue to welcome and be open to your presence in my life and in this work. Social disparity. Another birthday, another year older. Of course, birthdays often give us the chance to participate in shared rituals: emotional group gatherings that can help us transcend the current moment and increase our connection to others. As religious leaders of diverse faiths, prayer helps reveal answers to questions that weigh on us. Hope this year is the best. Amber's friends joined in a birthday car parade. You are the Mighty Heavenly Rock. Through all these years, God, I feel your love and care. As we embrace this changed world for our students, our employees and our communities, some of us here today are entering our own New Normal with new and different roles, responsibilities, adventures and dreams for our future. Were all going to celebrate a birthday (or possibly two or three) under the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. - Reflection by Aarti Jaisinghani- Offered by Rashmi Assudani. // ]]>, Know a prayer that could be added to this page? Over the course of the last months, I have felt your presence in the care and compassion of those working around and with me to find the best path forward for our community. Strengthenuswhen we feel discouragedor overwhelmed. Be with people making decisions that affect the lives and futures of our families, communities, countries, and the wider world. Do some self-reflection. Pope's Prayer for Protection from Coronavirus, episcopalrelief.org/what-we-do/us-disaster-program/faith-based-response-to-epidemics/, https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=1822, https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=229, https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/03/02/coronavirus-prayer, https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-03/pope-francis-prayer-our-lady-protection-coronavirus.html, Multi Faith Calendar of Religious Holy Days, Foundational Documents on Jesuit Catholic Education, Xavier University's Center for Mission and Identity. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable. Surprises can make people feel a burst of energy and give them a sense of vitality that might be particularly helpful during this time. The Emotional Life of AnimalsAnd What It Means for Us, Three Tips to Be More Intellectually Humble, Why We Need Friends with Shared Interests (The Science of Happiness podcast). In all things, may we open our hearts and give You thanks. Amen. Of course, birthdays often give us the chance to participate in shared rituals: emotional group gatherings that can help us transcend the current moment and increase our connection to others. She received her doctorate of psychology from the University of San Francisco in 1998 and was a psychologist in private practice before coming to Greater Good. This is the cake and this is the buttercream.Also there is a thin brownie layer on the bottom, so here is the recipe I used for that as well (only used 1/3 to 1/2 the batter, made the rest into two-bite brownies).. What Happens When We Lose Our Social Rituals? (Taken and modified from the prayer of Jabez 1 Chronicles 4:10) My prayer for you today on your Birthday. Don't let the pandemic get you down. 1. Thanks for being my friend over the years through it all. Heal those who are sick with the virus. Let us take off our masks. It can help us realize who we may often choose not to see or connect with. We asked for prosperity, and you gave us purpose and brains to use. Sorry, the work you have done for us is not needed any more. . RT @keithsrocknroll: "i'm a risk-taker. Happy birthday. Even in this time of separation and possible isolation, what is one way you can maintain meaningful connection to otherswhether directly, through technology, or intentional focus and attention? Happy birthday, friend. Nearly everyone has had a pandemic birthday. At least were in it together. A very small selection of people who suffer from Crohns or Ulcerative Colitis go on to develop a very rare liver disease which affects the bile ducts. Our God is purposeful, setting us in our families, communities, even in our generations. Advent passed through its four weeks. For job losses. Today a young woman I know is busy spreading fliers with her number through the neighborhood so that the elders may have someone to call on. If you can, picture the faces of these people. If being calm is hard, acknowledge it. Hope this birthday is the best yet. Celebrating someones birthday is all about singing praise. Loving God, Your Son, Jesus Christ, traveled through towns and villages "curing every disease and illness." At His command the sick were made well. For those who have survived.For those who have lost their spouses.For children who have been orphaned.For all those who mourn and those who comfort them. Perhaps, Lord, no time is really ordinary. Once more, in troubled times when public worship has tobe restricted, we are called to pray in "the domestic church", always aware of the promise of Jesus, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them." (Matthew 18:20). - By Rebecca L. Cull. Prayers to Lament and Mourn Those Who Have Died from COVID-19 Thank you that you came to give new life, peace, hope, and joy. Show your mercy as you close wounds, cure illness, make broken bodies whole and free downcast spirits. Here are some guidelines to follow. Hope its the best from start to finish. And the courage to reach out. Our templates work for personal greetings, formal wishes, or even for group signing. But there does not have to be disease of the soul. Birthdays apparently help us to put our "old self" behind us in favor of a future, evolving self, which aids us in moving forward on our life path. But there does not have to be loneliness. Where is ordinary time? I am grateful for my health and for the health of my family. Some tossed her thoughtful gifts, like potting soil and toilet paper, which were hard to come by in the early days of the lockdown. We choose to press in close to you today, and keep you first in our hearts and lives. Birthdays remind us of who we are and what weve done thanks for being an amazing role model to myself and for many others. Help us to come out of this Pandemic better, not bitter. Prayers for COVID: Healing and Protection During Coronvirus Pandemic