Most gracious Spirit
Mother, Master, Messiah, and Savior of humanity
We greet You in all humility.
You are the First Cause and the Last Effect
The Divine Light and the Spirit of guidance
Alpha and Omega
Your light in all forms
Your love in all beings
In a loving mother, in a kind father,
in an innocent child,
in a helpful friend,
and in an inspiring teacher.
Allow us to recognize You in all Your names and forms,
as Radha, Krishna, as Shiva, As Buddha
as the Goddess Durga, as Anu, as Persephone
Let us know You as Abraham, as Solomon, as Lilith
as Zarathustra, as Moses, as Sophia,
as Jesus and Mary,
as Mohammed and Khadijah,
as Rumi, as Rab’ia
and in many other names and forms known and
unknown to the world.
We adore Your past, Your Presence deeply enlightens our
being , and we look for Your blessing in the future.
O messenger, Christ, Eve, Nabi, the Rasul of God!
You whose heart constantly reaches upwards,
You come on earth with a message
as a dove from above when Dharma decays, and
speak the Word which is put into Your mouth as
the light fills the crescent moon.
Let the star of the Divine Light, shining in Your heart
be reflected in the hearts of Your devotees.
May the Message of the Divine reach far and wide,
illuminating and making whole humanity as
one single sister/brotherhood in the Mother/Fatherhood of God.
Amen Adapted by Neema from a Sufi Prayer
Reading from The Gospel According to Dawn –
“The Innkeeper’s Wife” – Dawn Annette Mills OSB
The angels dance in your wake
The sun rises for your glory
Stars illume in your light
Magnificent and eternal
My Lord Jesus
My timeless love
justina m. pernetter
My soul magnifies the Lord
and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he has regarded
the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty has magnified me
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him
throughout all generations.
He has showed strength with his arm
he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down the mighty from their seat
and has exalted the humble and meek.
He has filled the hungry with good things
and the rich he has sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy has helped his servant Israel
as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever.
- song of mary - gospel of luke - 1:46-55
"The Magnificat,"- based on Mary's Song from the birth narrative of the Gospel of Luke. That song can be found in Luke 1:46-55
My soul sings in gratitude.
I'm dancing in the mystery of God.
The light of the Holy One is within me
and I am blessed, so truly blessed.
This goes deeper than human thinking.
I am filled with awe
at Love whose only condition
is to be received.
The gift is not for the proud,
for they have no room for it.
The strong and self-sufficient ones
don't have this awareness.
But those who know their emptiness
can rejoice in Love's fullness.
It's the Love that we are made for,
the reason for our being.
It fills our inmost heart space
and brings to birth in us, the Holy One.
Joy Cowley, Auckland, New Zealand
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