Past Prayers of The Day
February 2001
February 17, 2001
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer:
for mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
- The Bible, Isaiah 56:7
February 16, 2001
I wasn't able to update. Sorry!
February 15, 2001
You could have golden treasure buried beneath your feet, and walk over it again and again, yet never find it because you don't realize it is there.
Just so, all beings live every moment in the city of the Divine, but never find the Divine because it is hidden by the veil of illusion.
- Chandogya Upanishad
February 14, 2001
To worship God
is nothing other than to serve the people.
It does not need rosaries,
prayer carpets, or robes.
All peoples are members of the same body,
created from one essence.
If fate brings suffering to one member
The others cannot stay at rest.
- Saadi
February 13, 2001
Bless, O Mistress of Magic,
Myself and everything anear me,
Bless me in all my makings,
And keep me safe forever.
Keep me safe forever.
From every unclean spirit and sending,
From every evil wish and cursing,
From every wicked spell and glamour,
From every star that frowns upon me,
Save me till the end of my day.
That they may keep me safe forever.
Save me till the end of my day.
Let every nymph and faerie be my sister,
Let every troll and brownie be my brother,
Let every fairy-mouse and will-o-the-wisp befriend me,
That they may keep me safe forever.
That they may keep me safe forever.
- Carmina Gadelica - Ancient Celtic Oral Tradition
February 12, 2001
I wasn't able to update. Sorry!
February 11, 2001
When all the people of the world love,
Then the strong will not overpower the weak.
The many will not oppress the few.
The wealthy will not mock the poor.
The honored will not disdain the humble.
The cunning will not deceive the simple.
- Mo-Tse
February 10, 2001
Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord be with you, serene Virgin.
Hail to you whose conception,
with solemn rejoicing,
fills heaven and earth
with new joy.
Hail to you whose birth
Was to be our solemnity,
As the rising morning star
Anticipates the true sun.
Hail pious humility,
Fruitful without man,
Whose annunciation
Was to be our salvation
Hail shining example
Of all angelic virtues,
Whose assumption
Was to be our glorification.
O Mother of God,
Be mindful of me. Amen.
- From "Ave Maria" by Josquin Desprez
Latin Version
February 6-9, 2001
Sorry for not updating. I was having problems with my computer, as well as being sick. But I think everything is back to normal now!
February 5, 2001
O God of stars and sunlight,
whose wind lifts up a bird,
in marching wave and leaf fall
we hear thy patient word.
The color of thy seasons goes gold across the land:
by green upon the treetops we know thy moving hand.
- John Holmes
February 4, 2001
As a child I walked
with noisy fingers
along the hemline
of so many meadows
back home
Green fabric
stretched out
shy earth
shock of sky
I'd sit on logs like pulpits
listen to the sermon
of sparrows
and find god in Simplicity,
there amongst the dandelion
and thorn
- "As A Child I Walked" by Jewel Kilcher
February 3, 2001
Show me a small and shriveled seed,
discarded as a worthless thing:
smile if you will,
that I should kneel in worship
-there'll be Spring!
- Ruth Bell Graham
February 2, 2001
Blessed sister, holy mother,
spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden,
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care,
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks.
Our peace in his will
And even among these rocks
Sister, mother,
And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea.
Suffer me not to be separated
And let my cry come unto Thee.
- T. S. Eliot
February 1, 2001
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
- Lao-Tse
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