A Good Public Servant is Likened to The Good Shepherd

By Director Cecilia R Rotor

 Prayer for the Management Committee of the National Food Authority, November 4, 2014 (Tuesday)

Father Almighty, teach us to become good public servants in the way of the Good Shepherd, who “lays down his life for his flock.”

Father Almighty, source of light, of life and everything in this world, we beg you to be with us, to be our “unseen Guest” in this meeting;

Light our way; touch our heart as we touch the hearts of the people we serve, whom You have placed under our care.

Bless us with joy and enthusiasm, with zeal and obedience, with understanding and compassion in making this world a better place to live in, through our own humble way.

Teach us then to emulate You in the way of the Good Shepherd, that we may live and work peacefully in our organization;

Make us teachers to bring knowledge, skill and values to our co-employees, and to those we serve;

Make us healers by bringing enlightenment to human misery;

Make us agents of rational thoughts and decisions;

Make us guardians in the way of the Parable of the Sower, The Prodigal Son, and The Good Samaritan.

You have chosen us to be public servants as a profession and above all, a vocation:

 - to reach out for one another;

- to listen;

- to care;

- to comfort;

- to encourage one another when we fail;

- to help one another when we falter;

- to be strong together; and

- to share the joy of service.

With you, Father Almighty, we can do many things; without you, we can do nothing.

Make us then your instrument of service through your Jesus Christ, who reigns forever and ever. Amen. ~

NOTE: Today, November 4, marks two significant events in history: election of the first African American president of United States, and the first Marxist president of Latin America.  (Barack Obama 2008 and Salvador Allende, Chile 1970)