Sunday, July 31, 2011

Prayer for safe pregnancy

Heavenly Mother, who creates Earth in Her own image
We beseech You to protect our little ones
whom You have graciously granted unto us
and bring to bear this grateful gift of life

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Make Me Strong in Spirit

Make me strong in spirit
Courageous in action
Gentle of heart

Let me act in wisdom
Conquer my fear and doubt
Discover my own hidden gifts

Meet others with compassion
Be a source of healing energies
And face each day with hope and joy

~ Abby Willowroot © 1998

Friday, July 29, 2011

To the power of wisdom

To the Power of the North, Power of Wisdom.

Thank you Wisdom
for elders of all faiths and traditions
throughout time.

You who know that the Great Spirits presence
is working for the greatest good
in everyone, everything, everywhere
and all the time.

Thank you for your wisdom and guidance
whenever I turn to you
with a humble and open heart.

Help me to see the Spirit working
for good in all the challenges of my life.

With your help,
may it be so.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Prayer for help

O Goddess, send forth your Spirit
into my heart that I may percieve,
into my mind that I may remember
and into my soul that I may meditate.

Inspire me to speak with piety, tenderness and mercy.
Teach, guide and direct my thoughts and senses
from beginning to end.

May Your grace ever help and correct me
and may I be strenghened with wisdom.

Based on a prayer of St Anthony of Padua ( 1195 - 1231 )
Left out some words and one entire sentence.
This was one of these difficult ones....

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Prayer at time of misfortune

I think over again my small adventures and my fears.

Those small ones that seemed so big,
for all the vital things I had to get and reach.

And yet there is only one great thing,
the only thing:

To live to see the great day that dawns,
and the light that fills the world.

Inuit

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A blessing

The Goddess bless you
and keep you;

The Goddess make her face shine upon you
and be gracious to you;

The Goddess turn her face toward you
and give you peace.

based on Numbers 6:24-26

Prayer for protection

O all powerfull Goddess,
You are the protector of the whole physical creation.
May You Protect my body.

You are the source of all life.
You are the source of all strenght.
May You make me strong.

Hindu

Monday, July 25, 2011

Blessing for caregivers

May the one who blessed our ancestors be present
to those who provide help for the ill and troubled among us.

May they be filled with fortitude and courage,
and endowed with sympathy and compassion,
as they give strenght to those at their side.

May they fight against despair,
and continue to find within themselves
the will to reach out to those in need.

And in their love of others,
may they know the blessing of community,
and the blessing of renewed faith.

Jewish

this one is for a friend :)

Buddist morning prayer

Full of equanimity;
Of benevolent thouhgt,
Of tender thought,
Of affectionate thought,
Of useful thouhgt,
Of serene thought,
Of firm thought,
Of unbiased thougt,
Of undisturbed thought,
Of unagitated thought,
Having entered on knowledge wich is
a firm support to all thoughts,
Equal to the ocean in wisdom,
Equal to the mountain Meru in knowledge,
Rich in many good qualities. . .
They attain wisdom

Had to look this up:
Equanimity is a state of mental or emotional stability or composure arising from a deep awareness and acceptance of the present moment.
wikipedia