DEAR LORD ALMIGHTY,
GUIDE US IN CRAFTING POLICIES FOR OUR CITY
ENRICH OUR MINDS SO THAT THE LAWS AND PLANS THAT WE APPROVE SHALL SERVE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND NOT THE INTERESTS OF THE FEW.
ENLIGHTEN THOSE WHO MISINTERPRET US IN OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK SPECIALLY IN THE CONDUCT OF INQUIRIES IN AID OF LEGISLATION. LET THEM BEAR IN MIND THAT OURS IS A DELIBERATIVE BODY WHICH NEEDS FACTS AND DATA AS POINTS OF REFERENCE WHICH ARE BASIC IN LAW-MAKING.
MAKE THE PEOPLE BECOME AWARE THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE CONSISTS OF REVIEWING AND APPROVING DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND BUDGETS WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CONSCIENTIOUSLY DOING FOR THE SAKE OF OUR BELOVED VIGAN CITY.
GIVE US COURAGE TO FREELY EXPRESS OUR THOUGHTS AND SAY NO TO THE ILLS OF SOCIETY AND, SOMETIMES, TO TAKE UNPOPULAR STANDS AS LONG AS WHAT WE ARE DOING IS RIGHT.
GIVE US PATIENCE AND TOLERANCE TO LISTEN TO THE PROPOSALS, COMMENTS, AND ARGUMENTS OF OUR FELLOW LEGISLATORS AND ALSO THAT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
ENABLE US TO EFFECTIVELY COOPERATE WITH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND, IF NECESSARY, FISCALIZE IT AS WE ALL DO IN A TRULY DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
HELP US RESPECT THE RULE OF THE MAJORITY AFTER LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF THE MINORITY.
MAKE US WORK FOR POLITICS BASED ON ISSUES AND NOT OF PERSONALITIES, POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE AND NOT OF PATRONAGE, AND POLITICS AS A RESPECTABLE CALLING.
WE ALSO PRAY DEAR LORD FOR A SOCIETY WHERE THE UPHOLDING OF HUMAN DIGNITY IS THE PRIMORDIAL CONCERN, WHERE A MARKET ECONOMY ABOUNDS, AND WHERE THERE IS FREEDOM FROM IGNORANCE AND POVERTY.
ALMIGHTY GOD, GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL A CHANCE TO BECOME STRONG, DYNAMIC, INDEPENDENT, AND RESPONSIBLE
GUIDE US IN CRAFTING POLICIES FOR OUR CITY
ENRICH OUR MINDS SO THAT THE LAWS AND PLANS THAT WE APPROVE SHALL SERVE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND NOT THE INTERESTS OF THE FEW.
ENLIGHTEN THOSE WHO MISINTERPRET US IN OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK SPECIALLY IN THE CONDUCT OF INQUIRIES IN AID OF LEGISLATION. LET THEM BEAR IN MIND THAT OURS IS A DELIBERATIVE BODY WHICH NEEDS FACTS AND DATA AS POINTS OF REFERENCE WHICH ARE BASIC IN LAW-MAKING.
MAKE THE PEOPLE BECOME AWARE THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE CONSISTS OF REVIEWING AND APPROVING DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND BUDGETS WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CONSCIENTIOUSLY DOING FOR THE SAKE OF OUR BELOVED VIGAN CITY.
GIVE US COURAGE TO FREELY EXPRESS OUR THOUGHTS AND SAY NO TO THE ILLS OF SOCIETY AND, SOMETIMES, TO TAKE UNPOPULAR STANDS AS LONG AS WHAT WE ARE DOING IS RIGHT.
GIVE US PATIENCE AND TOLERANCE TO LISTEN TO THE PROPOSALS, COMMENTS, AND ARGUMENTS OF OUR FELLOW LEGISLATORS AND ALSO THAT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
ENABLE US TO EFFECTIVELY COOPERATE WITH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND, IF NECESSARY, FISCALIZE IT AS WE ALL DO IN A TRULY DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
HELP US RESPECT THE RULE OF THE MAJORITY AFTER LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF THE MINORITY.
MAKE US WORK FOR POLITICS BASED ON ISSUES AND NOT OF PERSONALITIES, POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE AND NOT OF PATRONAGE, AND POLITICS AS A RESPECTABLE CALLING.
WE ALSO PRAY DEAR LORD FOR A SOCIETY WHERE THE UPHOLDING OF HUMAN DIGNITY IS THE PRIMORDIAL CONCERN, WHERE A MARKET ECONOMY ABOUNDS, AND WHERE THERE IS FREEDOM FROM IGNORANCE AND POVERTY.
ALMIGHTY GOD, GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL A CHANCE TO BECOME STRONG, DYNAMIC, INDEPENDENT, AND RESPONSIBLE
7 comments:
Vice, please give me permission to post this beautiful prayer you composed in www.iluko.com. I will post it in English and add a nota bene that Vigan City Vice Mayor Franz Ranches is the author and I will link your blog's URL at the end of the prayer.
Thank you very much.
June Singson
Dear Jun,
Its OK with me but do you think the iluko.com will allow an article written in english to be posted in this ilocano site?
Thanks!
I am sure they do. Thank you very much for your green light. It should be under the "Dadduma Pay". God bless you. I am not a writer but I like your prayer.
June
dear jun,
are you connected with iluko.com?
God bless!
thanks jun
wow! like always, so very much like franz ranches! kaya kasundo kita eh. salutes! very well said! im sure the lord listens.
Thanks Jo!
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