Guest guest Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Be praised my lord with all your creatures but especially with Brother Sun because you show us light and day through him and he is lovely glowing with great shine from you my lord: his definition Be praised my lord for Brother Wind and for the air and cloudy days and bright and all days else because through these you give your creatures sustenance Be praised my lord for Sister Water because she shows great use and humbleness in hers and preciousness and depth Be praised my lord for Brother Fire through whom you light all nights upon the earth Because he too is lovely full of joy and manly strength Be praised my lord because our sister Mother Earth sustains and rules us because she raises food to feed us: colored flowers grass Be praised my lord for those who pardon by your love and suffer illness and grief Bless those who undergo in silence the poor for whom you hold a crown Be praised my lord for Sister Death-of-Body whom no man/woman living will escape And pity those who die in mortal sin and everyone she finds who minds you bless: no second death to bring them hurt Oh praise my lord and bless my lord and thank and serve my lord with humbleness Triumphant ~~~ Saint Francis of Assisi Page 226-227 (Praise and Thanksgiving) Earth Prayers From Around the World, 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations For Honoring the Earth. Roberts and Amidon, Harper Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them springing fresh from the Word. Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, Sprung in completeness where His feet pass. Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning! Born of the one light Eden saw play. Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new day! ~~~ Eleanor Farjean Page 338 (The Daily Round) Earth Prayers From Around the World, 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations For Honoring the Earth. Roberts and Amidon, Harper Collins ***Cat Stevens has put this to music, you can listen to this on the site below. http://www.wisdomportal.com/Peace/MorningHasBroken.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And…my favorite Cat Stevens song….Peace Train Here are two You tube versions of Peace Train. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7iLPnDCQ1g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaI5M9coflg Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be, something good has begun Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be, something good has begun Oh peace train sounding louder Glide on the peace train Come on now peace train Yes, peace train holy roller Everyone jump upon the peace train Come on now peace train Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again ~~~ Yusuf Islam – Cat Stevens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Thanks for these links. I didn't know the song Cat Stevens was singing was from a poem by someone else. One of my favorite songs... Max -- Max Dashu Art in Goddess Reverence http://www.maxdashu.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 ONS, I did not know about this either, but as I was reading the words, I remembered the melody as well, and at first I thought it was another artist...anyway a couple of goodsearch plugs away, and Cat Stevens. The music to this is just breathtaking! Here is the You tube for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkDucwH90mI & mode=related & search= --- Max Dashu <maxdashu wrote: > Thanks for these links. I didn't know the song Cat > Stevens was > singing was from a poem by someone else. One of my > favorite songs... > > Max > -- > Max Dashu > > Art in Goddess Reverence > http://www.maxdashu.net > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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