Harmony with all living things

Oh Goddess,
grant us a deeper sense of fellowship
with all living things
and our brothers and sisters
to whom you have given this earth as home.

May we realize that all these creatures
also live for themselves and for you.

They too love the goodness of life,
as we do,
and serve you better in their way
than we do in ours

St Basil of Caesarea (329 - 379) - adapted

Prayer for peace

Mother of men and peoples,
you know all their sufferings
and their hopes.
You feel in a motherly way
all the struggles between good and evil,
between the light and the darkness
which shakes the world

Accept our cry
directly to your heart.
And embrace with the love of the Mother
the peoples who await this
embrace the most.

Take under your motherly protection
the whole human family 
May the time of peace and freedom,
the time of truth,
justice and hope,
approach for everyone.

This is part of a prayer written by the last pope.

Just left out some words and sentences