[Oe List ...] Prayers on this Earth Day

[Ellie Stock]

Prayers on this Earth Day
(Philip Newell, Praying with the Earth)
 
PRAYER OF AWARENESS
 
It is in the depths of life that we find you
at the heart of this moment
at the centre of our soul
deep in the earth and its eternal stirrings.
You are the Ground of all being
the Well-Spring of time
Womb of the Earth
the Seed-Force of stars.
so at the opening of this day
 
 
PRAYER FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD
 
For everything that emerges from the earth
thanks be to you, O God,
Holy Root of being
Sacred Sap that rises
Full-bodied Fragrance of earth's unfolding form.
May we know that we are of You
may we know that we are in You
may we know that we are one with You
together one.
Guide us as nations to what is deepest
open us as peoples to what is first
lead us as a world to what is dearest
that we may know the holiness of wholeness
that we may learn the strength of humility 
that together we may live close to the earth
and grow in grounded glory.
 
 
PRAYER OF BLESSING
 
May the deep blessings of earth be with us.
May the fathomless soundings of seas surge in our soul.
May boundless stretches of the universe echo in our depths
to open us to wonder
to strengthen us for love
to humble us with gratitude
that we may find ourselves in one another
that we may lose ourselves in gladness
that we give ourselves to peace.

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