Prayers for Hard Times. Becca Anderson
voice, my voice, restore.
His plumes, my plumes, restore.
With beauty before him, with beauty before me.
With beauty behind him, with beauty behind me.
With beauty above him, with beauty above me.
With beauty below him, with beauty below me.
With beauty around him, with beauty around me.
With pollen beautiful in his voice,
with pollen beautiful in my voice. It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.
In the house of evening light.
From the story made of evening light.
On the trail of evening light.
- Navajo Prayer
All Roads Lead to the Same Great Truth
I believe in the fundamental truth of all
great religions of the world.
I believe that they are all God-given
and I believe that they were necessary
for the people to whom these religions were revealed.
And I believe that if only we could all of us
read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoints
of the followers of these faiths,
we should find that they were at bottom
all one and were all helpful to one another.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Compassion for All Who Suffer
Satveshu Maitrim Gunishu Pramodham
Klishteshu Jivehu Krupa Parathvam
Madhyastha Bhavam Viparita Vruthow
Sada Mamatma Viddhatu Deva
O Lord! Make myself such that I may have love for all beings,
Joy in the meritorious, unstinted sympathy for the distressed
And tolerance towards the perversely inclined.
O Lord! May my soul always find fulfillment, in friendship and love towards all beings,
In all the virtuous, in compassion toward all suffering creatures,
And in remaining neutral towards those hostile to me.
This is my prayer.
- Ancient Jain Prayer of Love for All
When You’re Broken Open
Dance, when you’re broken open.
Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance, when you’re perfectly free.
- Jelaluddin Rumi
Strength, Hope, Courage, and Love
Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.
- Daily Prayer [1941]
Before the Cross
O My Father, if it is possible,
let this cup pass from Me;
nevertheless, not as I will,
but as You will.
Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying,
O My Father, if this cup
cannot pass away from Me
unless I drink it,
Your will be done.
- Matthew 26:39-42, Jesus’ Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, NSV.
Practice Random Acts of Kindness
Be kind,
for everyone
you meet
is fighting
a hard
battle.
- Ian Maclaren, 1898
For The Little Children
Father-Mother God,
Loving me,
Guard me when I sleep;
Guide my little feet
Up to Thee.
- Mary Baker Eddy
Suffer Us Not
Blessed sister, holy mother,
spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden,
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks,
Our peace in His will
And even among these rocks
Sister, mother,
And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea,
Suffer me not to be separated
And let my cry come unto Thee.
- Ash Wednesday, T.S. Eliot; 1927
Prayer for the Unity of All Peoples
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