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<div><font style="background-color: transparent;">Prayers on this Earth Day</font></div>
<div>(Philip Newell, <em>Praying with the Earth</em>)</div>
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<div align="center">PRAYER OF AWARENESS</div>
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<div align="center">It is in the depths of life that we find you</div>
<div align="center">at the heart of this moment</div>
<div align="center">at the centre of our soul</div>
<div align="center">deep in the earth and its eternal stirrings.</div>
<div align="center">You are the Ground of all being</div>
<div align="center">the Well-Spring of time</div>
<div align="center">Womb of the Earth</div>
<div align="center">the Seed-Force of stars.</div>
<div align="center">And so at the opening of this day</div>
<div align="center">we wait</div>
<div align="center">not for blessings from afar</div>
<div align="center">but for You</div>
<div align="center">the very Soil of our soul</div>
<div align="center">the early Freshness of morning</div>
<div align="center">the first Breath of day.</div>
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<div align="center">PRAYER FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD</div>
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<div align="center">For everything that emerges from the earth</div>
<div align="center">thanks be to you, O God,</div>
<div align="center">Holy Root of being</div>
<div align="center">Sacred Sap that rises</div>
<div align="center">Full-bodied Fragrance of earth's unfolding form.</div>
<div align="center">May we know that we are of You</div>
<div align="center">may we know that we are in You</div>
<div align="center">may we know that we are one with You</div>
<div align="center">together one.</div>
<div align="center">Guide us as nations to what is deepest</div>
<div align="center">open us as peoples to what is first</div>
<div align="center">lead us as a world to what is dearest</div>
<div align="center">that we may know the holiness of wholeness</div>
<div align="center">that we may learn the strength of humility </div>
<div align="center">that together we may live close to the earth</div>
<div align="center">and grow in grounded glory.</div>
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<div align="center">PRAYER OF BLESSING</div>
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<div align="center">May the deep blessings of earth be with us.</div>
<div align="center">May the fathomless soundings of seas surge in our soul.</div>
<div align="center">May boundless stretches of the universe echo in our depths</div>
<div align="center">to open us to wonder</div>
<div align="center">to strengthen us for love</div>
<div align="center">to humble us with gratitude</div>
<div align="center">that we may find ourselves in one another</div>
<div align="center">that we may lose ourselves in gladness</div>
<div align="center">that we give ourselves to peace.</div>
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