The book of Prophet Baruch
Chapter 3
¹ O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the wearied spirit cry out to you.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 1)
Oh God my Father, this is my prayer, my soul is in deep anguish and my spirit is also down. I have experienced many hardships in life, however, my hope is completely in You. Amen In my heart I feel that my life can be better, however, I also know that when the time comes You will continue to reveal to me Your plans for me Amen
² Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned before you. ³ For you are enthroned forever, and we are perishing forever.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 2 to 3)
Oh God, my beloved Father I pray that we all including myself admit our sins and also admit that we are sinners as much as we are humans and admit that this is the weakness of the human race, instead of denying it and putting it aside as an issue that is not important. I pray that we acknowledge and respect and love You and Your authority not only in times of need but in all times Amen.
⁴ O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the people of Israel, the children of those who sinned before you, who did not heed the voice of the Lord their God, so that calamities have clung to us.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 4)
Oh God my Father during these times of stress and darkness please listen to my voice and that of many others, rip open the heavens and terminate life on earth, for in our ways we have all been disobedient and merit the penalty of death. The situation on earth is going from bad to worse. Have mercy oh God my Father and declare the end to the way we are living and bring a Copernican revolution Amen.
⁵ Do not remember the iniquities of our ancestors, but in this crisis remember your power and your name.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 5)
Oh God my Father, as You know I am also passing through one of the greatest challenges of my life. As You know lately I have been facing issues at home, however, now that the separation has gone through You have given me a second chance Amen. Even though You have permitted me to experience much stress and tribulation I was never left alone and abandoned, for You were and are always with me. I pray that You continue to form me like the potter and refine me until I am according to the image that is You image, that You want me to be Amen.
⁶ For you are the Lord our God, and it is you, O Lord, whom we will praise. ⁷ For you have put the fear of you in our hearts so that we would call upon your name; and we will praise you in our exile, for we have put away from our hearts all the iniquity of our ancestors who sinned against you.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 6 to 7)
Oh God if there exists love, it is found only in You, if security and well-being exist or can ever be guaranteed it can only be found in You and not in the world. Amen.
⁸ See we are today in our exile where you have scattered us, to be reproached and cursed and punished for all the iniquities of our ancestors, who forsook the Lord our God.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 8)
Oh God my beloved Father, even though such moments of exile and solitude are hard to endure, such moments enable us to reflect on where we were before enduring such hardships with the hope of making plans for the future, that is if we remain in relationship with You and believe that there is still a future to live for. Amen. I pray oh God my Father, that especially, during such moments I cling to You like a child clinging to its parents and never let go Amen.
⁹ Hear the commandments of life O Israel; give ear, and learn wisdom! ¹⁰ Why is it O Israel, why is it that you are in the land of your enemies, that you are growing old in a foreign country, that you are defiled with the dead, ¹¹ that you are counted among those in Hades?
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 9 to 11)
Oh God my blessed Father, I ask myself the same question, why did I have to experience this separation. Maybe it is because I could not suffer anymore the emotional abuse and neglect of my wife and daughter. My marriage ended up as being one of convenience, there remained no love between us and that of the last hours was also manipulative in order to stop the separation process and not because of love and care. I pray for mercy my God and Father, I did mistakes in this marriage but I am being punished more than I am worthy of. Please have mercy, my God and Father. Amen.
¹² You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 12)
Many times oh God my blessed Father, we have forsaken the clean waters of truth and healing that flow from You in order to drink from the sinful waters of evil. I pray oh God my blessed Father, that You continue to enlighten me in my decision making so that all I do I do in Your name and under Your influence Amen.
¹³ If you had walked in the way of God, you would be living in peace forever.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 13)
Oh God my beloved Father, if I continued living the life I was living, I would end up so depressed, and angry that only You can imagine what my mental state would be. Now that I am going through this separation I am already feeling better and living in more peace than before. As long as You are with me I can wish for no other presence Amen.
¹⁴ Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, where there is understanding, so that you may at the same time discern where there is length of days, and life; where there is light for the eyes, and peace.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 14)
Oh God, my beloved Father, I also pray for these qualities and for the ability to make the right choices that lead to spiritual life instead of spiritual death Amen.
¹⁵ Who has found her place? And who has entered her storehouses?
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 15)
Oh God, my Father, brothers and sisters, that person who has really and truly open one's heart in order to receive, the wisdom and Holy Spirit of God has found a treasure that is above all treasures and is much greater than all the wisdom of the earth. I pray to at least share even a drop of Your Holy Spirit oh God my Father Amen.
¹⁶ Where are the rulers of the nations, and those who lorded it over the animals on earth: ¹⁷ those who made sport of the birds of the air, and who hoarded up silver and gold in which people trust, and there is no end to their getting; ¹⁸ those who schemed to get silver, and were anxious, but there is no trace of their works? ¹⁹ They have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have arisen in their place.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 16 to 19)
Oh God my beloved Father, when we all appear before You when our time comes, we will all ask each other, where are those people whom we have considered as being of high status and power, before whom we bowed our heads and kissed their hands. Where is their place, where are they? People who have their spiritual blogs and who say who love You or who go to prayer groups and worship You with praise and worship. People of whom we may have had high aspirations may end up being at the end of the road on our highway to heaven, and poor and humble people who in life had nothing to gain but more to lose, people who may have had to abandon all their family and resources and were compelled to start fresh if ever they would achieve their previous status again, might be leading the way. Amen.
²⁰ Later generations have seen the light of day, and have lived upon the earth but they have not learned the way of knowledge, nor understood her paths, nor laid hold of her.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 20)
Oh God, my Father, as You said many of us have seen the light of many days, many others have found peace and tranquillity in nature but not all have met You in a lifetime. I pray that I am one of those whom You have met and had a relationship with Amen.
²¹ Their descendants have strayed far from her way.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 21)
Oh God, my beloved Father, indeed Your descendants have fled far away from You. When I decide to do what I wish, to act on how I feel instead of on what is right and according to Your will, and going further and further away, however no distance is enough to separate us, for where I go You are there beside me or ahead of me in order to place me back on the pathway towards You Amen.
²² She has not been heard of in Canaan, or seen in Teman; ²³ the descendants of Hagar, who seek for understanding on the earth, the merchants of Merran and Tetnan, the story-tellers and the seekers for understanding, have not learned the way to wisdom, or given thought to her paths.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 22 to 23)
Oh God my blessed Father, many people have been baptized into the Roman Catholic Church and even in other churches, however along the way they decided to go their way and follow their own agendas and values, they have vanished from the path of grace and wisdom to one which may be worldly and driven by human logic but not by faith Amen. Oh God, I pray for the return of such people Amen.
²⁴ O Israel, how great is the house of God, how vast the territory that he possesses!
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 24)
Oh, brothers and sisters how great is our Lord God and Father, indeed there is nobody like him blessed be Your Holy and Mighty Name Amen.
I invite all who meditating on this chapter to click on the following video clip and prayer and give thanks to God our Father Amen.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 2 to 3)
Oh God, my beloved Father I pray that we all including myself admit our sins and also admit that we are sinners as much as we are humans and admit that this is the weakness of the human race, instead of denying it and putting it aside as an issue that is not important. I pray that we acknowledge and respect and love You and Your authority not only in times of need but in all times Amen.
⁴ O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the people of Israel, the children of those who sinned before you, who did not heed the voice of the Lord their God, so that calamities have clung to us.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 4)
Oh God my Father during these times of stress and darkness please listen to my voice and that of many others, rip open the heavens and terminate life on earth, for in our ways we have all been disobedient and merit the penalty of death. The situation on earth is going from bad to worse. Have mercy oh God my Father and declare the end to the way we are living and bring a Copernican revolution Amen.
⁵ Do not remember the iniquities of our ancestors, but in this crisis remember your power and your name.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 5)
Oh God my Father, as You know I am also passing through one of the greatest challenges of my life. As You know lately I have been facing issues at home, however, now that the separation has gone through You have given me a second chance Amen. Even though You have permitted me to experience much stress and tribulation I was never left alone and abandoned, for You were and are always with me. I pray that You continue to form me like the potter and refine me until I am according to the image that is You image, that You want me to be Amen.
⁶ For you are the Lord our God, and it is you, O Lord, whom we will praise. ⁷ For you have put the fear of you in our hearts so that we would call upon your name; and we will praise you in our exile, for we have put away from our hearts all the iniquity of our ancestors who sinned against you.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 6 to 7)
Oh God if there exists love, it is found only in You, if security and well-being exist or can ever be guaranteed it can only be found in You and not in the world. Amen.
⁸ See we are today in our exile where you have scattered us, to be reproached and cursed and punished for all the iniquities of our ancestors, who forsook the Lord our God.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 8)
Oh God my beloved Father, even though such moments of exile and solitude are hard to endure, such moments enable us to reflect on where we were before enduring such hardships with the hope of making plans for the future, that is if we remain in relationship with You and believe that there is still a future to live for. Amen. I pray oh God my Father, that especially, during such moments I cling to You like a child clinging to its parents and never let go Amen.
⁹ Hear the commandments of life O Israel; give ear, and learn wisdom! ¹⁰ Why is it O Israel, why is it that you are in the land of your enemies, that you are growing old in a foreign country, that you are defiled with the dead, ¹¹ that you are counted among those in Hades?
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 9 to 11)
Oh God my blessed Father, I ask myself the same question, why did I have to experience this separation. Maybe it is because I could not suffer anymore the emotional abuse and neglect of my wife and daughter. My marriage ended up as being one of convenience, there remained no love between us and that of the last hours was also manipulative in order to stop the separation process and not because of love and care. I pray for mercy my God and Father, I did mistakes in this marriage but I am being punished more than I am worthy of. Please have mercy, my God and Father. Amen.
¹² You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 12)
Many times oh God my blessed Father, we have forsaken the clean waters of truth and healing that flow from You in order to drink from the sinful waters of evil. I pray oh God my blessed Father, that You continue to enlighten me in my decision making so that all I do I do in Your name and under Your influence Amen.
¹³ If you had walked in the way of God, you would be living in peace forever.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 13)
Oh God my beloved Father, if I continued living the life I was living, I would end up so depressed, and angry that only You can imagine what my mental state would be. Now that I am going through this separation I am already feeling better and living in more peace than before. As long as You are with me I can wish for no other presence Amen.
¹⁴ Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, where there is understanding, so that you may at the same time discern where there is length of days, and life; where there is light for the eyes, and peace.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 14)
Oh God, my beloved Father, I also pray for these qualities and for the ability to make the right choices that lead to spiritual life instead of spiritual death Amen.
¹⁵ Who has found her place? And who has entered her storehouses?
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 15)
Oh God, my Father, brothers and sisters, that person who has really and truly open one's heart in order to receive, the wisdom and Holy Spirit of God has found a treasure that is above all treasures and is much greater than all the wisdom of the earth. I pray to at least share even a drop of Your Holy Spirit oh God my Father Amen.
¹⁶ Where are the rulers of the nations, and those who lorded it over the animals on earth: ¹⁷ those who made sport of the birds of the air, and who hoarded up silver and gold in which people trust, and there is no end to their getting; ¹⁸ those who schemed to get silver, and were anxious, but there is no trace of their works? ¹⁹ They have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have arisen in their place.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 16 to 19)
Oh God my beloved Father, when we all appear before You when our time comes, we will all ask each other, where are those people whom we have considered as being of high status and power, before whom we bowed our heads and kissed their hands. Where is their place, where are they? People who have their spiritual blogs and who say who love You or who go to prayer groups and worship You with praise and worship. People of whom we may have had high aspirations may end up being at the end of the road on our highway to heaven, and poor and humble people who in life had nothing to gain but more to lose, people who may have had to abandon all their family and resources and were compelled to start fresh if ever they would achieve their previous status again, might be leading the way. Amen.
²⁰ Later generations have seen the light of day, and have lived upon the earth but they have not learned the way of knowledge, nor understood her paths, nor laid hold of her.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 20)
Oh God, my Father, as You said many of us have seen the light of many days, many others have found peace and tranquillity in nature but not all have met You in a lifetime. I pray that I am one of those whom You have met and had a relationship with Amen.
²¹ Their descendants have strayed far from her way.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 21)
Oh God, my beloved Father, indeed Your descendants have fled far away from You. When I decide to do what I wish, to act on how I feel instead of on what is right and according to Your will, and going further and further away, however no distance is enough to separate us, for where I go You are there beside me or ahead of me in order to place me back on the pathway towards You Amen.
²² She has not been heard of in Canaan, or seen in Teman; ²³ the descendants of Hagar, who seek for understanding on the earth, the merchants of Merran and Tetnan, the story-tellers and the seekers for understanding, have not learned the way to wisdom, or given thought to her paths.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 22 to 23)
Oh God my blessed Father, many people have been baptized into the Roman Catholic Church and even in other churches, however along the way they decided to go their way and follow their own agendas and values, they have vanished from the path of grace and wisdom to one which may be worldly and driven by human logic but not by faith Amen. Oh God, I pray for the return of such people Amen.
²⁴ O Israel, how great is the house of God, how vast the territory that he possesses!
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 24)
Oh, brothers and sisters how great is our Lord God and Father, indeed there is nobody like him blessed be Your Holy and Mighty Name Amen.
I invite all who meditating on this chapter to click on the following video clip and prayer and give thanks to God our Father Amen.
²⁵ It is great and has no bounds; it is high and immeasurable.
Oh God my blessed Father, how great are Your ways and how great is Your love. It is beyond compare Amen.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 26)
Oh God, my Father, the world has witnessed the presence of many great people who were known for their voices, philosophy and even the positive acts that they had done. However, if we check our value ruler we would realize that among such popular people there were many unpopular people who by their lifestyle have a high popularity poll in the kingdom of Heaven Amen.
²⁷ God did not choose them, or give them the way to knowledge; ²⁸ so they perished because they had no wisdom, they perished through their folly.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 27 to 28)
Oh God my beloved Father, blessed are those whom You chose to walk in Your ways. I pray to be one of such persons at all times. I pray that my life will become a search for You every day of my life Amen.
²⁹ Who has gone up into heaven and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verse 29)
Oh God my Father, throughout history there were many people who tried to destroy Christianity, and even Your chosen people, however even though many were killed, You never permitted complete destruction, for You protect Your kingdom with love might and power Amen.
³⁰ Who has gone over the sea and found her, and will buy her for pure gold? ³¹ No one knows the way to her or is concerned about the path to her.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 30 to 31)
Many times oh God my Father You have told us that You are the way, the road leading to our salvation, however, we either do not listen or maybe do not believe or we take You for granted as much as we take each other in this world of complete alienation. We say that we love You, including me, many times we are hypocrites because although we say that we love You, we are lacking in our love towards others. When it comes to helping others we tend to stop and consider if by helping others we are going to experience hardship or discomfort in our comfort zones and if so we reconsider. I pray that You give us the grace to overcome our selfish and sinful self, in order to become more like You. Amen. Thank You, Jesus.
³² But the one who knows all things knows her, he found her by his understanding. The one who prepared the earth for all time filled it with four-footed creatures; ³³ the one who sends forth the light, and it goes; he called it, and it obeyed him, trembling; ³⁴ the stars shone in their watches, and were glad; he called them, and they said, "Here we are!" They shone with gladness for him who made them.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 32 to 34)
Holy Spirit of God, love of all love, knowledge beyond all knowledge I invite You to come and dwell in me or at least leave a drop of Your presence in my soul so that I would not be selfish enough to want to claim You totally to be with me Amen. I seek You, I wish that I experience You more in my life. I cannot be without You Amen.
³⁵ This is our God; no other can be compared to him. ³⁶ He found the whole way to knowledge, and gave her to his servant Jacob and to Israel, whom he loved. ³⁷ Afterward she appeared on earth and lived with humankind.
(Book of the Prophet Baruch Chapter 3 verses 35 to 37)
Oh Lord my God and Father indeed there is no other like You. If I had to scan and search the entire planet I will still find nobody like You Amen.
I would like to end this third chapter of the Book of the Prophet Baruch with the following prayer:-
Oh brothers and sisters, do not place your trust, hopes and aspirations in the world for the world will disappoint you. Place Your trust in God alone, for there is none like Him. In every crisis and challenge or tribulation rest assured that God is in control and that He is not going to permit us to experience more than we can endure and even at that point he will be there to help us carry the bulk of the weight of the cross we are carrying Amen. He chose to pay the price of our salvation. He chose to pay the price of our salvation by permitting us to crucify Him. He took the blame instead of us even though he was and is blameless. His name is Jesus. His name is Love. Amen.
