Prayer for Safety in Hurricane Season
O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children.  The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude.  You are still the Master of the land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy and overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season, we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where storm-less eternity awaits us. Amen

+The Most Reverend Maurice Schexnayder
2nd Bishop of Lafayette