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  • I Think I’ll Pray For Rain

I Think I’ll Pray For Rain

I Think I’ll Pray For Rain


Author Country :Kenya
Genre Type :True Story
Location :Nairobi, Kenya
Year of Publication :0/
Publication :
Sub Theme :Cultural Values, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Eucharist, Prayer/
Author Name :Father Joseph Healey, M.M./
Author City :Nairobi
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We had a funeral in Our Lady of Visitation Parish in Nairobi, Kenya.  After the
celebration of the Eucharist in the church we accompanied the body to the
cemetery.  It was a boiling tropical day and the bright African early afternoon
sun burned down mercilessly.  Following the custom of the Kikuyu Ethnic Group a
close friend of the deceased man narrated his life history. After an additional
hour of storytelling the hot and sweating Kenyan priest who was officiating was
asked to say a prayer.  As the sun continued to pour down on all the mourners he
turned to me and whispered, “I think I’ll pray for rain.”


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