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Opening Prayer: Let us breathe deeply for the Holy One is in our next breath. Holy One you created our world so we could be one with you and all creation. As you hold each of us, we hold each other. May we bring peace and harmony to our world. Amen.
Opening Song: Namaste by Mark Hayes and Monique Danielle
https://youtu.be/Hxf8QFTkYY8
Reading: A reading
from Gandhi
Essential Writings. “Nonviolence
means avoiding injury to anything on earth, in thought, word, or deed,” Gandhi
told an interviewer in 1935. But for Gandhi, nonviolence meant not just
refraining from physical violence interpersonally and nationally, but
refraining from the inner violence of the heart as well. It meant the practice
of active love toward one’s oppressors and enemies in the pursuit of justice,
truth, and peace. “Nonviolence cannot be preached,” he insisted. “It has to be
practiced.” For fifty years, Gandhi sought to practice nonviolence at every
level in life, in his own heart, among his family and friends, and publicly in
his struggle for equality in South Africa and freedom for India. It was the
means by which he sought the ends of truth; in fact, he later concluded that
the ends were in the means, or perhaps they were even the same. In other words,
the practice of nonviolence is not just the way to peace; it is the way to God.
Silent reflection
Intentions: We bring to prayer
tonight:
All those
gathered here, for our community, and for all of us on earth.
All those
suffering from grief and loss.
All our
families- those struggling with careers, health issues, addiction, separation
or divorce.
All those
suffering from mental illness.
All those
suffering from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.
All those
suffering from cancer, or any illness, especially those on our prayer list.
All the medical staff and caregivers who are
doing their best to provide healing and love.
All those
who are in need of fairness - those mistreated because of the color of their
skin, sexual orientation, disability or gender.
All those
who live in poverty, especially those suffering from the devastation of war.
All our
politicians who are at war with each other for the sake of power. May they lay
their weapons of power down and do their best for our nation and world.
All those
suffering from earthquakes, famine, fires, floods and all environmental
disasters.
All of
creation. May we take care of all that you have given us and may we take care
of each other with loving kindness.
Please
voice any other prayers you may wish to bring forward……
We pray
for these and all unspoken prayers that we hold in our hearts. Amen
Closing prayer: Holy One we brought those we love and those who
are in-need of knowing they are loved to you tonight. In struggles and chaos,
we turn to you and are grateful for your presence. We will not give up. Let us open our eyes and find you everywhere!
Amen
Closing Song: Until All are Fed by Bryan McFarland
https://youtu.be/RkwSHYlf9TQ
