Peace Prayers

[Guest guest]

I send prayers of gratitude to all

that has given of itself on this day.

The strong beans, and the hardy grains,

the beautiful leafy green plants and the

sweet juicy fruits.

I thank the sun that warmed and vitalized them,

just as it does me,

and the earth that held and nourished them, as it does

me,

and the waters that bathed and refreshed them, as they

do for me.

I thank the fire that transformed them,

just as I wish to be transformed by the fires of

Spirit.

I thank the hands that grew and prepared this food,

just as I thank all those that have touched me in so

many ways.

 

~~~ Sedonia Cahill

Page 61 (Kinship with All Life) Life Prayers From

Around the World, 365 Prayers, Blessings and

Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey. Roberts

and Amidon, Harper Collins

 

 

When sorrow comes, let us accept it simply, as a part

of life. Let the heart be open to pain, let it be

stretched by it. All the evidence we have says that

this is the better way. An open heart never grows

bitter. Or if it does, it cannot remain so. In the

desolate hour, there is an outcry; a clenching of the

hands upon emptiness, a burning pain of bereavement; a

weary ache of loss. But anguish, like ecstasy is not

forever. There comes a gentleness, a returning

quietness, a restoring stillness. This, too, is a door

to life. Here, also is a deepening of meaning…and it

can lead to dedication; a going forward to the triumph

of the soul, the conquering of the wilderness.

And in the process will come a deepening inward

knowledge that in the final reckoning, all is well.

 

~~~ A. Powell Davies

Page 96 (The Dark Night of Our Soul) Life Prayers From

Around the World, 365 Prayers, Blessings and

Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey. Roberts

and Amidon, Harper Collins

 

 

May all things move and be moved in me

and know and be known in me

May all creation

dance for joy within me.

 

~~~ Chinook Psalter

Page 364c (The Daily Round) Earth Prayers From Around

the World, 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations For

Honoring the Earth. Roberts and Amidon, Harper Collins