Tag: prayer
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Reorienting the Reign of Christ
Mysterious, mighty and meek God, You turn rulers and realms on their headYou turn a crown of jewels into the crown of thornsYou reveal the thrown of glory by giving over your seat to wash disciples’ feet As we gather ourselves in this spaceand orient ourselves to your upside down kingdomworshiping the king who became…
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Walking on Water
The One who calls us to actionand contemplation,you call us to return to the mountainto memorize meditation,pronounce presenceto unknow the knowablein silent places:in the corners hidden in timeand minutes hidden in spaces. Give us will and a wayto meander this mountainthough the waves ragethe winds roarand the unknownis the only thing that is sureso we…
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A Blessing for Your Soul
Do not look for marching bandsmomentous musicor the magnificent gestures from multi-millionaires this Christmas. Come, O come and look right herein the monotony of this momentin the silent music of the soul. O holy is this placethe simple act of sitting stillseeing the soul expandAmongst the stranger walking bythe startling blue and grey and black…
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Turn Around
How many timeshave you turned aroundlooked backseen the magnificentin the microscopicheard the music accompanied with every momentmagnified into the sensational serendipityof the seemingly simple? Have you wonderedwhen you walked on waterwhen birds showed off their strut or their streamline precisionwhen nests reminded you of your own need to rest?Have you stoppedto fall on your kneesbowed…
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The Goddess’s Prayer
Mama, infuser of Heaven on EarthHallowed by your Arms of Wonder and Warmth.May this Home be our Home,as we open to the Sacredness in its Simplicity. Give us nourishment to live into this reality.Help us let go of the toxicity separating ourselves from othersfrom our own selves.A toxicity that eludes us from this reality.Lead us…
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Palm Sunday Prayer
We open to you today, to the spirit that lives and breathes in our bodies. May we quiet our minds and hear the path, the sound of palm on earth, being set before us this morning. May we feel with every inhale, the wild beauty of life filling the marrow of our bones. With every…
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Christ the King Prayer
Oh Holy Mystery, The oneness who comes in forms of delicate twigsbirds’ limbsthe tadpolesthe octopusthe galaxy that swims. Help us see, too, the power, the kingdom, the righteousness of ChristNot hovering above or beyond but deep in bodiesbeneath and beside. Bodies of tiny thingsvibrations of stringssomewhere deep within. Help us know not by our minds…
by Rev Alisha 