MANIFOLD indeed is the power of prayer. This pandemic has made this crystal clear. As key to our mental well-being, prayer reduces anxiety and stress. It animates our hope. Since prayer connects us with God, prayer serves as a powerful tool for helping us successfully cope with stressful experiences.
Why prayers for school meetings? Pandemic times or not, virtually or physically, when we, school members, gather for a meeting and begin and end the meeting with a prayer, there’s a feeling of a different atmosphere. Besides a sense of connection to God, there’s, too, a sense of authentic unity among us in the meeting. The school need not be faith-based. It doesn’t matter how our faith calls the Supreme Being, whether as Jesus, the Father, the Holy Spirit, Allah, Elohim or Jehovah. Praying together sends a strong assurance that together with whom we pray, we feel to truly belong to the same school, which we often refer to as “family.” Much more so in this pandemic — prayer opens our hearts and gives a sense of confidence in engaging us in the best interest of our stakeholders. About how best to discharge teaching and learning during this pandemic, prayer gives us a deep feeling of assurance that solutions could be best arrived at.
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