A Blessing For Protection

בברוך יהוה אלוהינו, מלך העולם ואל אלוהי ישראל, יהוה צבאות ושומר ישראל מי מצוה המלאכי עליון  להגן ולשמור כל בני ישראל וכל הצדיקים מגויים.

Transliteration:

Baruch Yehovah Eloheinu, Melekh Ha'Olam v'El Elohei Yisra'el, Yehovah Tz'va'ot v'Shomer Yisra'el Mi Metzave hamalakei Elyon lehagen v'lishmor kal b'nei Yisra'el v'kal hatzadikim m'goyim.


Translation:

Blessed be Yehovah our God, the King of the universe and the God of Israel, the LORD of Hosts and the Keeper of Israel Whom commands His angels to protect and keep charge over all of the children of Israel and all of the righteous among the nations.

The Prayers For My Webcam Obviously Worked

Meanwhile, I was persecuted by at least four separate people on YouTube during the course of this Yom Rishon (Saturday evening to Sunday evening). I know that there is power in prayer for even shallow requests and that I was being persecuted by some force re the webcam, etc.. Thank you for your prayers.

Meanwhile, a more-serious prayer request: for my polytheistic friend whose family tried to proselytize incessantly to him or her. Please pray for him or her, that he or she will return to the Christian faith that he or she once had, and that his or her family members will not forcibly share their faith against the wishes of anyone-- whether a Non Christian, a struggling Christian, or even a strong Christian-- in the future. Toda v'Shav'ua Tov. 

If There's a View From Baltimore, That Was Probably Me...

But I couldn't blog from the UMBC computers, and won't be moving in my laptop until Sunday night. Maybe the UMBC internet network has blocked anyone from posting blogs altogether. Meanwhile, I'll at least try to blog if and when I can. Also meanwhile, the verses that are keeping me particularly afloat this semester are Proverbs 3:5-6 and 16:33.

On another note, I'm scheduled to take my final stats exam at Howard Community College in the morning. Just pray for me, and l'laila tov. Especially prayers for me regarding anything have helped to keep me afloat as well as has Scripture-- I still try to read the various parshot v'haftarot yom l'yom. 

A Prayer For the Hanukkah and Christmas Season, And the New Year; And...

To begin, I'd go to a Messianic beit knesset, but the problem is that the closest one that I can get to requires that I keep all 613 mitzvot; which is in direct contradiction with Tanakh itself: you cannot keep all 613 mitzvot and live under chen (grace) at the same time; especially since some of the mitzvot were set up to contradict with chen. Also, I am a Patrilineal Jew and would thus not be accepted as a Jew. Since being a Jewish former Catholic priest born of two Jewish parents gets one considered a mere ger tzedek and not a Yehudi; how much harder a time would a Patrilineal Jew whose own patrilineal family won't admit their Jewishness have! So, I still remain churchless and hopefully not sued like Crystal Cox was  (You can guess what a mean spirit threatened me with. As usual, I am a target of lawsuit abuse.).

Now for the prayer:

First the "Avinu" ("Our Father"), then

G-d, if it be in your will, we pray for the continuing Christmas and Hanukkah season, and for the New Year; and we also pray for the fullness of the gentiles to come in, that You might come soon. We also pray that if our desires be according to your desires and that if our desires are according to your desires (and your desires are according to our desires), and if it be in your will; that you give us the desires of our hearts. Amen.