Prayers I

1. Pervasive Peace

"O Gracious!

You are Peace and from You comes Peace

And to You does Peace return

So, our Sustainer, grant us a Life of Peace

And enter us into the House of Peace

Blessed are You, O our Sustainer, Most High!"

Amen!


2. Oh to be a Light in Darkness

"O Light of the Heavens and Earth!

Produce in my heart light, in my sight light, and in my hearing light, and light to my right and light to my left, light above me and light below me, and light to my front and light to my back.

Produce for me light: light in my tongue, light in my limbs, light in my flesh, light in my blood, light in my hair, light in my body and light in my very self.

Magnify for me light, O God, and bestow upon me light!"

Amen!


3. Turner of the Hearts

"O Turner of the Hearts!

Set our hearts upon Your approved way"

Peace and Blessing on all those You hold dear and near.

Amen!


4. To Become Merciful

O Merciful!

I have been merciless to myself and to people and things all around

Restore mercifulness in me so that I may deserve Your Mercy

Peace and Blessing on all those You hold dear and near.

Amen!


5. Prayers of the Hopeful Afflicted

O Manifest!

I realize Your presence having been blind before

Failing none, to every supplicant You lend Your blessed ear

O Merciful!

I am turning to You, even if I cared not before

With hope and prayer, inside Your high walls, I take refuge

Afford me clemency, security, and in all my affairs, reliability!

Amen!


6. Knower of All Things Subtle

O Knower of all Things Subtle!

Effect changes in me even in things I am unaware of

I have been ignorant, arrogant, excessive, abusive and stubborn

I have hated what would have been a blessing

And adored what would be the death of me

I have been childish even as I thought myself smart

I have carried on as if I would live forever

I have been shameless and I have been hurtful

Teach me to understand shame much as I understand embarrassment

Let me appreciate Your material and spiritual gifts

Peace and Blessing on all those You hold dear and near.

Amen!


7. Park Your Problems Here

"O Protector!

Surely, I take sanctuary with You

  • From worries over outcome of past actions and anxieties over outcome of future actions, and
  • From inability to do the right things and unwillingness to do them even when able, and
  • From existential cowardice and vapid miserliness, and
  • From being bent out of shape by debt and imposed upon by ruthless powerful men."

Amen!


8. Seek Sensory Deprivation

“O Protector, I take sanctuary with you

  • From the offensiveness of my hearing, and
  • From the offensiveness of my seeing, and
  • From the offensiveness of my talking, and
  • From the offensiveness suggested by my heart, and
  • From the offensiveness propelled by my obsession.”

Amen!


9. Spare the Pain and the Indignity

O Protector,

Save me from the excessiveness, indignity and hindrance created by “the piece of flesh between the jaws and the piece of flesh between the legs”!

Amen!

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Nelson Mandela

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Maya Angelou

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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
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“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

O God, I realize Your presence having been blind before Failing none, to every supplicant You lend Your blessed ear I am turning to You now even if I cared not to do so before With hope and prayer, inside Your high walls I take refuge Afford me clemency, security, and in all my affairs, reliability! Amen

Below, some punch lines hustle and little poems create Easy and handy, like prayers be, for earthly use To dust off and see each day through royally Good luck, fair weather and Godspeed!

O God, Save me from the excessiveness, indignity and hindrance created by “the piece of flesh between the jaws and the piece of flesh between the legs”! Amen

Religiosity appears winded, narrow to some Just like a river, for one given to compare But the river eventually meets up with the sea Imagine with proper religiosity where one could be!

Who hasn’t seen it, can anyone anywhere deny it A storm as it gathers, as it bears down and batters Yet at the end, it must wither and completely disappear? So, surely as the pesky storm, my future is clear with fair weather!