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Daily Prayer/Meditation

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Call to Prayer (The Azan)


Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.
Come to prayer. Come to prayer.
Come to Success. Come to Success.
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.

Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar.
Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar.
Ash-hadu an la ilaha ill-Allah.
Ash-hadu an la ilaha ill-Allah.
Ash-hadu anna Muhammad-ar-Rasoolullah.
Ash-hadu anna Muhammad-ar-Rasoolullah.
Hayya 'alas-Salah. Hayya 'alas-Salah.
Hayya 'alal-falah. Hayya 'alal-falah.
Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar.



Muslim
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Lead Me to Peace


Lead me from death to life,
from falsehood to truth.
Lead me from despair to hope,
from fear to trust.
Lead me from hate to love,
from war to peace.
Let peace fill my heart,
my world, my universe.
Amen.



Appropriate for many faiths
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Chant for Inner Strength


I call the light of golden rays
I seek protection thus,
I pray for heavenly forces at my side
angels, sages, spirit guides or wolves
who walk with cunning skill
Come to my aid!
Come at my will!
Black bird soaring light my path
so I am victim to no one's wrath!
And when my journey knows success,
all those who aid me Goddess bless!


- Autumn Raindancer

New Age
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for Healing


Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and relieve your sick servant (name), and give your power of healing to those who minister to his needs, that he may be strengthened in his weakness and have confidence in your loving care; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.



Christian
source: Book of Common Prayer 1979
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Praising God at Mealtime


Be present at our table, Lord,
Be here and everywhere adored.
Thy creatures bless, and grant that we
May feast in paradise with thee.


- John Wesley

Christian
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for Deliverance


O Lord! Thou art the Remover of every anguish and the Dispeller of every affliction. Thou art He Who banisheth every sorrow and setteth free every slave, the Redeemer of every soul. O Lord! Grant deliverance through Thy mercy, and reckon me among such servants of Thine as have gained salvation.


- Mirza Ali Muhammad (the Bab)

Baha'i
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
23rd Psalm for Students


The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not flunk
He keepeth me from lying down when I should be studying
He leadeth me beside the water cooler for a study break
He restores my faith in study guides
He leads me to better study habits
For my grades' sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of borderline grades
I will not have a nervous breakdown
For thou art with me
My prayers and my friends, they comfort me
Thou givest me the answer in moments of blankness
Thou anointest my head with understanding
My test paper runneth over with questions I recognise.
Surely passing grades and flying colours shall follow me
All the days of my examinations
And I shall not have to dwell in this exam hall forever.


- Author Unknown

Appropriate for many faiths
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
The Way to Divinity


If anyone speaks ill of you,
Praise them always.
If anyone injures you,
Serve them nicely.
If anyone persecutes you,
Help them in all possible ways.
You will attain
immense strength.
You will control anger and pride.
You will enjoy
peace, poise, and serenity.
You will become divine.


- Swami Sivananda

Hindu
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for the Earth


For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.



Christian
source: Book of Common Prayer 1979
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for Abused Wives


Living God, lover of all whom you have created, we lift to you our prayers on behalf of women whose husbands have abused them through word or deed. Grant unto them the courage to leave a destructive relationship, the perseverance to struggle to create a new life, the hope of tender love once again. Amen.


- Vienna Cobb Anderson

Appropriate for many faiths
source: Adapted from "Prayers of Our Hearts"
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Health Affirmation and Declaration


Superconscious Mind, You are only responsive to suggestions created by me, which are in complete harmony with my innermost self...
Through the magic and the miraculous power of the light, you will align and attune me to the harmonious self that I am...
As I am now in harmony with my true self, I will and I am, experiencing ever increasing degrees of health, pease and freedom in my life...
I thank thee, Law of Life, for the priceless gift of self-awareness, and an ever expanding, infinitely loving, compassionate and creative consciousness.



New Age
source: The Light Party
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for God's Guidance


We beseech Thee, O Lord, let our hearts be graciously enlightened by Thy holy radiance, that we may serve Thee without fear in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life; that so we may escape the darkness of this world, and by Thy guidance attain the land of eternal brightness; through Thy mercy, O blessed Lord, Who doest live and govern all things, world without end. Amen.


- Sarum Breviary, 1085 C.E.

Christian
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Blessing Over Fruit


Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of the universe who creates the fruit of the tree.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam borei pri ha-etz.



Jewish
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Child's Prayer for Protection


Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
To whom God's love commits me here;
Ever this day, be at my side
To light and guard
To rule and guide.



Christian
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for the Sick


O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers: mercifully accept our prayers and grant to your servant (name) the help of your power, that her/his sickness may be turned into health and our sorrow into joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.



Christian
source: Book of Common Prayer
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Chant for Samhain


A year of beauty. A year of plenty.
A year of planting. A year of harvest.
A year of forests. A year of healing.
A year of vision. A year of passion.
A year of rebirth.

This year may we renew the earth.
This year may we renew the earth.

Let it begin with each step we take.
And let it begin with each change we make.
And let it begin with each chain we break.
And let it begin every time we awake.


- Starhawk

Pagan
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
The Three Jewels


I take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Until I attain Enlightenment.
By merit accumulations from practicing generosity and the other perfections
May I attain Enlightenment, for the benefit of all sentient beings.



Buddhist
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Give Me the Wings of Faith


Give me the wings of faith to rise within the veil, and see the saints above, how great their joys, how bright their glories be. Once they were mourning here below, their couch was wet with tears; they wrestled hard, as we do now, with sins and doubts and fears.

We ask them whence their victory came: they, with united breath, ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, their triumph to his death. They marked the footsteps that he trod, his zeal inspired their breast, and, following their incarnate God, possess the promised rest.

Our glorious Leader claims our praise for his own pattern given; while the long cloud of witnesses show the same path to heaven.


- Isaac Watts

Christian
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for All Souls Day


Lord God,
you are the glory of believers
and the life of the just.
Your son redeemed us
by dying and rising to life again.
Since our departed brothers and sisters
believed in the mystery of our resurrection,
let them share the joys and blessings
of the life to come.



Christian
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
Prayer for the Human Family


Mother and Father of the world,
we pray for the whole human family.

Many nations are torn by war.
Grant them peace
and healing of their divisions.

Many communities are filled with crime.
Grant them deliverance from fear
and the hope of renewal.

Many families are divided by hate.
Grant them unity
and the blessing of love.

Many children are abandoned and afraid.
Grant them someone who loves them
and the promise of a future.
Amen.


- Vienna Cobb Anderson
 
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