Peace Prayers

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To pray you open your whole self

To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon

And know there is more

That you can’t see, can’t hear

Can’t know except in moments

Steadily growing, and in languages

That aren’t always sound but other

Circles of motion

Like eagle that Sunday morning

Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky

In wind, swept our hearts clean

With sacred wings.

We see you, see ourselves and know

That we must take utmost care

And kindness in all things.

Breathe in, knowing we are made of

All this, and breathe, knowing

We are truly blessed because we

Were born, and die soon, without a

True circle of motion,

Like eagle rounding out the morning

Inside us.

We pray that it will be done

In beauty.

In beauty.

 

~~~ Joy Harjo

Page 52 (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

 

 

Source of Time and Space

Avinu Malkeyinu!

 

>From infinity draw down to us

The great renewal

And attune is to Your intent

So that Wisdom, Your daughter

Flow into our awareness

To awaken us to see ahead

So we help instead of harm.

 

May all the devices we make use of

Be sparing and protecting of Your creation.

 

Help us

To set right what we have debased

To heal what we have made ill

To care for and restore to what we have injured.

 

Bless our Earth, our home

And show us all how to care for her

So that we might live Your promise

given to our forebears,

To live heavenly days

Right here on this Earth.

 

May all beings

Whom you have fashioned

Become aware that it is You

Who has given them being.

 

May we realize that

You shaped our lives

And may each one who breathes

Join with others who breathe

In the delight of shared knowing

That You are the Source of all breath.

 

Assist us in learning how to partner

With family, neighbors, and friends.

Aid us in dissolving old enmities.

 

May we come to honor,

Even in those whom we fear,

Your image and form, Your light

Dwelling in their hearts.

 

May we soon see the day when

Your House will be indeed

The House of prayer for all peoples,

Named and celebrated

In every tongue and speech.

On that day You will be one

And one with all cosmic Life

 

Amen!

 

~~~ Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

World Wisdom Chair, The Naropa Institute, Colorado

Page 10-11, (Visions of Hope), Prayers for a Thousand

Years, Roberts and Amidon, Harper San Francisco