PRAYER IN THE TIME OF CORONA
VIRUS
Corona is the latest
virus which is not getting cured by any existing drug or vaccine. It has spread
worldwide and has by now swallowed thousands of lives all over the globe.
Medical experts tell us
that young kids up to the age of 10 and elderly people beyond the age of 65 are
most vulnerable. They also tell us that
those who have a lot of immunity in their bodies can survive the onslaught of
this drug-resistant virus.
Since the creation of
this world man has faced many such epidemics and ultimately found the way out.
Diseases which were cureless in the past are now easily curable. The number of fatalities has dropped and is
dropping WITH THE PASSAGE OF EVERY YEAR. Corona virus, too, will be defeated by Man The
Conqueror. But it may take a long time. Till then its victims have to be isolated so
that they do not infect those who come into their contact.
An important question
is: how do the sufferers of this virus pass their time in isolation. There may be many options according to the
mindset of the isolated persons. However, one option may be common to all such persons
and that is prayer.
The English poet Alfred
Tennyson (1809-1892) said: More things are wrought by prayer than the world
dreams of. Let me add that all human discoveries and inventions in every field
of life have not been possible without the invisible helping hand of God. If
man has set his feet on the moon, he has done so with the tacit consent of God.
Prayer is an
efficacious remedy for failing health ---- physical, mental and spiritual. A
person who prays to God to grant him a fit physical body, a peaceful mind and
an enlightened soul is seldom disappointed. As the Bible says: the door of God
opens for him who knocks at it.
It will be no wastage of
time if the victims of Corona virus seek God’s help to come out of its
clutches. Even those who are so far safe from the onslaught of this deadly foe should
agree to pray not only for their own immunization but also for the speedy
recovery of those who have fallen into its grip.
Finally, let me quote
the English clergy and Dean of Westminster Arthur P. Stanley (1815-1881): According
to him we need not perplex ourselves as to the precise mode in which prayer is
answered. ----It is enough for us to know and feel that it is the most natural,
the most powerful, and the most elevated expression of our thoughts and wishes
in all great emergencies.
So dear sisters and
brethren of the world, raise your hands for prayer to God and wait for the
healthful change that it is likely to bring sooner rather than later.
20th March 2020 G.
R. KANWAL
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