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Liturgy of the Hours - Night Prayer
Everything I Haven’t Seen, Lindy Sanford Martinez
The Sign of Blessing: In the name of Peace, and Love and Grace. Amen.
Leader: God, Come to my assistance.
Participants: Holy One, Make haste to help me.
All: Glory and Joy be to Peace and Love and Grace. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Prayer of Jesus. (Miriam Therese Winter)
All: Oh Holy One, Who is within, around and among us.
We celebrate your many names.
Your Wisdom come. Your will be done, Unfolding from the depths within us.
Each day you give us all that we need.
You remind us of our limits, and we let go.
You support us in our power, and we act with courage.
For you are the dwelling place within us,
The empowerment around us,
And the celebration among us,
Now and forever. AMEN.
A reading from How To Focus, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Gladdening the Mind…
Breathing In, I make my mind happy.
Breathing out, I make my mind happy.
It's easier for the mind to become concentrated when it's in a peaceful, happy state then when it's filled with sorrow or anxiety. We are aware that we have the opportunity to practice meditation and that there is no moment as important as the present one. Calmly abiding in the present moment, joy arises each time we touch in ourselves the seeds of compassion, faith, goodness, equanimity, liberty, love, forgiveness, understanding, and so on. We know these mental formations are buried deep in our consciousness as seeds, and we need only touch them and water them with conscious breathing for them to manifest. In our daily life we should be able to nourish them and give them a chance to manifest as beautiful mental formations. Whenever the mental formation of compassion or joy arises, we feel wonderful. We have many good mental formations like this in our consciousness, and we should give them a chance to manifest as often as possible.
…We want to water the seeds of joy, happiness and compassion in ourselves and others. This practice of selective watering or Right Diligence, strengthens our mind, so that we are able to look at ourselves and others with more clarity and solidity.
Let us take a minute to breathe …
Our second reading is:
Everything I haven’t seen, by Lindy Sanford Martinez.
Every little thing
Worms
Bugs
Butterflies
Moths
Insects I haven't seen
Every fish, small and large
Minnows
Gold fish
Catfish
Sharks
Fish I haven't seen
Mammals I haven’t seen
Bats
Birds
Bears
Elephants
Mammals I haven't seen
People I haven’t seen
Brown
Yellow
Black
White
People I haven't seen
Weather I haven’t seen.
Bright in places I haven't yet ventured to see
Dark where I have been
Windy places there too
And stillness there
Weather I haven’t seen
Stars in the sky I haven't seen
Moons
Planets
Asteroids
Black holes
Stars in the sky I haven't seen
Universes I haven’t seen
Bioverse.
The Dimensional Circalium.
Pentastar City.
Twinverse
Universes I haven't seen
Thank You for teaching me
To love everything You have created!
Everything I haven't seen!
Lindy Sanford-Martinez
We thank you Lindy, for your insight and awareness and witness.
Ode to Earth.
Deb: Let us have a moment of quiet as we remember our intentions and those who need our prayers.
Please share your intentions if you wish…
Conclusion of Night Prayer.
Blessings on all of us as we take the time and intention to calm ourselves and to keep our thoughts happy in service to others. We promise to water the seeds of joy, happiness and compassion in ourselves and others.
May the Creator grant us a restful night and a peaceful sleep.
Amen.
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