Peace Prayers

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Oh Great Spirit of the North,

we come to you and ask for

the strength and the power

to bear what is cold and harsh in life.

We come like the buffalo

ready to receive the winds that

truly can be overwhelming at times.

Whatever is cold and uncertain in our life,

we ask you to give us the strength to bear it.

Do not let the winter blow us away.

Oh Spirit of Life and Spirit of the North,

we ask you for strength and for warmth.

 

Oh Great Spirit of the East,

we turn to you where the sun comes up,

from where the power of light and refreshment come.

Everything that is born comes up in this direction---

the birth of babies, the birth of puppies,

the birth of ideas, and the birth of friendship.

Let there be the light.

Oh Spirit of the East,

let the color of fresh rising in our life

be glory to you.

 

Oh Great Spirit of the South,

spirit of all that is warm and gentle and refreshing,

we ask you to give us this spirit

of growth, of fertility, of gentleness.

Caress us with a cool breeze when the days are hot.

Give us seeds that the flowers, trees and fruits

of the earth may grow.

Give us the warmth of good friendships.

Oh Spirit of the South,

send the warmth and the growth of your blessings.

 

Oh Great Spirit of the West,

where the sun goes down each day to come up the next,

we turn to you in praise of sunsets

and in thanksgiving for changes.

You are the great colored sunset of the red west

which illuminates us.

You are the powerful cycle which pulls us to

transformation.

We ask for the blessings of the sunset.

Keep us open to life’s changes.

Oh Spirit of the West,

when it is time for us to go into the earth,

do not desert us, but receive us in the arms of our

loved ones.

 

~~~ Diann Neu

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Invocations For Honoring the Earth. Roberts and

Amidon, Harper Collins

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Kali, be with us.

Violence, destruction, receive our homage.

Help us to bring darkness into the light,

To lift out the pain, the anger,

where it can be seen for what it is---

The balance-wheel for our vulnerable, aching love.

Within the act of creation,

Crude power that forges a balance

Between hate and love.

 

Help us to be the always hopeful

Gardeners of the spirit

Who know that without darkness

Nothing comes to birth

As without light

Nothing flowers.

 

Bear the roots in mind,

You, the dark one, Kali,

Awesome power.

 

~~~ May Sarton

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Invocations For Honoring the Earth. Roberts and

Amidon, Harper Collins