Prayers for Nepal
The news of Nepal’s devastating disaster is enough to weigh down any heart. In a single moment, a massive glacial collapse swept away countless lives, and the true number of the missing is still unknown. Many had gone there on vacation—drawn by generous landscapes, mountains, and rivers. Some were pilgrims traveling toward Kailash–Manasarovar. Others were there with family, or with friends, fulfilling long‑held dreams. None of them could have imagined the fury quietly gathering in the heart of nature. In an instant, the same benevolent mountains turned merciless, shattering everything in their path.
Alongside local residents, many tourists and pilgrims are still missing. The number of foreign visitors caught in the disaster is tragically high. Across Nepal and Tibet, more than three hundred lives have already been lost, and the number of missing is nearing fifteen hundred. Among them are over five hundred foreign travelers Americans, Europeans, Indians, and Chinese pilgrims. Within just thirty minutes, the Trishuli River rose nearly thirty feet, drowning the entire region without warning. Ice, rock, mud, and water surged downward with terrifying force, sweeping away homes, roads, vehicles-people. No one yet knows where the missing have been carried.
Rescue efforts continue, but broken roads, severed communication lines, and unstable mountain walls have made the work painfully difficult. The anxiety gripping families waiting for news is something no words can soothe. If there were a way to bring everyone back safely, no human being would hesitate. In the end, it is always people who stand beside one another.
So many lives vanished in a single twist of fate. Knowing that not all will return, we still pray with all our hearts that the losses remain as small as possible. Disasters like this remind us forcefully and unmistakably—how fragile and helpless we are before nature’s vastness. We grieve for Nepal. May the missing find their way home, and may those who will never return be held in the deepest compassion.
Today, all our prayers are for Nepal. May the nation find the strength to endure this wound and rise again.

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