Our prayerbook teaches that we must pray as if everything depends on God, but act as if everything depends on us. Tonight, we ask God s choicest blessing on the children of San Antonio, on young people throughout America. We are faithful that God will be our heavenly Partner. We commit ourselves to making God s blessing real here on Earth. Yivarechecha Adonai veyishmerecha , May God bless the children, and guard them from harm.
Children are vulnerable.
They can not shield themselves from violence or from disease. Most children, thank God, are fortunate to be able to depend on their parents to protect them, to take them to the doctor, to care for their needs. Sadly, though, over 100,000 Bexar County children have no health care coverage. Also in our own County, nine children are victims of child abuse and neglect each day. Unless our own children are among these statistics, we may wish to wash our hands of this problem.