Thursday, July 19, 2007

30-minute Prayer / Harry Potter Book 7 Speculation

Today I was introduced by my spiritual director to the 30-minute prayer, which I was told is a good starting point for one to cultivate a consistent prayer life...

The 30-minute Prayer, a Step-by-step Guide
  1. Begin by asking God for the grace. (E.g. "God give me the strength to pray")
  2. [10 minutes] Examine your current concerns / events that have already happened / events that happened the day before. Talk to God about it
  3. Read the Mass readings of the day at normal speed
  4. [About 2 minutes] Close the bible/missal. Clear your mind of any thoughts. Passages that are meaningful to you will surface
  5. Read the passage which surfaced in a slower pace
  6. [10 minutes] Reflect and try to understand the message and what is God trying to tell you in relation to your concerns / events that have already happened / events that happened the day before
  7. End with a closing prayer (e.g. prayer of thanksgiving)
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On a different note, I am speculating that the two characters which were predicted to die will be Harry Potter himself and Voldemort.

Remember the horcruxes which Voldemort made to hide "a fragment of soul for the purposes of attaining immortality"[1]? I suspect that the last horcrux is Harry's lightning scar on his forehead. Doesn't it make sense now the reason why Harry feels throbbing pain on his forehead whenever Voldemort's near is precisely because Voldemort's soul fragment is calling out to the Dark Lord himself. Does this not also explain the special connection between Harry and Voldemort? How about Harry's ability to speak parseltongue?

An ending which I imagined...

*Harry directs wand to his forehead*

Hermione *thrusts towards Harry but held back by Ron*: Harry..! NO!

Voldemort: *snicker* Harry Potter... you wouldn't dare!

*Harry still directing his wand to his forehead, closes eyes, takes a deep breath and ... *

[Reader turns to the next page]

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

What do you think? Is this how it's going to end?

2 comments:

Kew said...

ooo... can wait for tomorrow... literally counting the hours till tomorrow...

Mellissa Nonis said...

Eeeks Cel, you're EVIL...out of the many ways I predicted Harry to die..this is the more saddest, gruesome, cruel, painful imagination that I NEVER thought off...hehehe...well..I'll have to read to find out...