Prayers
Prayers in Creation Time
Call to Worship (in the words of Hildegard of Bingen, in Scivias, The Way of Knowing) I, the firey life of divine essence,Am aflame beyond the beauty of the meadows.I gleam in the waters.I burn in the sun, moon, and the stars.With every breeze,As with invisible light that contains everything,I awaken everything to life .…
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Listen to My Prayer: Chant
Listen to my cry O GodAnd hear my prayer Food for uplifted handsRespect and care Listen to my cry O Godand hear my prayer Streams of your living rainIn tender air. Listen to my cry O Godand hear my prayer Repeat however many times you feel lets the prayer settle into your body and heart.…
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May Your Lying Down this Night be an Intercession
May your lying down this night be an intercession, a sighed prayer into what is happening,a contrary trust in the Holy. May your lying down bean act of gentle resistanceto the striving for lives not oursand not theirs either. May it be a soft, audacious prelude to restin a restless world. A deep surrenderin the…
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I lie down: a prayer of slow breathing
I lie down in the beauty of the dark and breathe the stars. I lie down in a world of tears and breathe their wiping away. I lie down in a world of indifference and breathe wonder. I lie down in a world of greed and breathe grace. I lie down in a world of…
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A Candlemas Prayer and Reflection
February 2nd is a day of many names, Candlemas, the Feast of the Presentation and a new one to me this year; the feast of Holy Encounter. I like that. It’s also World Wetlands Day and of course Groundhog Day. It’s the first two in the list I want to linger with here. A candle lit…
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Guided Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina, Divine or Sacred Reading is a way of prayer that uses a text as a portal to receptive stillness. Scripture, poetry, a paragraph of writing, even your life can be a text. When you’ve chosen a text you can listen below to be guided through the movements. Lectio Divina Divine Reading Whatever the…
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This too is a mystery: a creation prayer
In this prayer, if it is used in a group, children and or adults use shakers* as a response each time we say this is a mystery, shaking them in a mysterious way, (hopefully). You can ask someone beforehand to lead the way in the shaking. Perhaps it will be a loud and vigorous mystery. Holy…
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Blessing the Backpacks (with bubbles)
(The worship leader could say the words of the following prayer alone or it could become an echo prayer with the children and any who bring backpacks repeating the line after the leader.) Loving God,You are with us in every placeAt homeAt schoolOn vacationIn places that feel wonderful and places that feel scaryYou are…
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Peace Holds Us
Holy One, yesterday in the woods, the late afternoon light was so tender and strong, the shadows made art on the snow and the sky prepared to relax into the night.
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Bending into Advent
I entered Advent as a bent woman. I could not raise my head to see the blue stem of the candle and its blossom of light. I was a woman bowed for a week and today I am straightened, unfurled.
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A Prayer for Our Return to School
Holy One, May our school year begin with compassion for where we are,uncertain,tired,and glad to see one another. May we begin with a thirstto learn ——students from teachersand teachers from students.
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