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AMID the blazing heat, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines is calling for prayers for rain to finally wet the overly dry lands and cool down the country's temperature. In a letter addressed to all Philippine archbishops and bishops, CBCP Secretary General Msgr. Bernardo Pantin said they are issuing an 'Oratio Imperata Ad Petendam Pluviam' or an Obligatory Prayer To Ask For Rain.
An Oratio Imperata is a prayer for a specific intention that the archbishop or bishop of an archdiocese or diocese may require to be recited during Mass. The issuance of the Oratio Imperata Ad Petendam Pluviam comes amid the dangerously high heat indexes being recorded in different parts of the country, as well as drought brought by the El Niño phenomenon. In the said prayer, the bishops is asking the Lord to 'grant us relief from the extreme heat.
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