Miracles Do Happen

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I am united with Source,
at one with all the most miraculous healing energies of Creation,

and limitless in Wisdom, Appreciation, and Peace.

—Susyn Reeve

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

Auspicious Wish

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At this very moment, for the peoples and the nations of the earth,

May not even the names disease, war, famine, and suffering
be heard.
Rather may their moral conduct, merit, wealth,
and prosperity increase,
and may good fortune and well-being always arise for them.

—Buddhist Prayer

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

Beatitudes

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Blessed be the Earth and those who tend her,

for she is the source and sustenance of our lives.

Blessed be the children who hunger for food,

learning, and homes that are safe,
for their future is shaped by our choices today.

Blessed be the refugees fleeing the violence of war and poverty,

may they find shelter, peace, and work that sustains them.

Blessed be those who are calling for freedom,

resisting oppression, and risking their lives

in the struggle for justice,
for they are the shapers of a brighter world.

Blessed be the persecuted and wrongly judged,
for theirs is a sorrow lessened only by mercy and human kindness.

Blessed be the prophets who speak and write of a world

beyond war,
for theirs are the words becoming flesh.

Blessed be the story-tellers, music-makers, and artists at life,

for they are the true light of the world.

Blessed be the tender-hearted who mourn and grieve

the wars we’ve fought, the lives we’ve lost,
may peace ride in on the river of their tears.

—Cathedral of Light

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

Teach Us to Care about the Right Things

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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.

—TS Eliot, 1927

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

Just Be and Bliss Will Arise

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Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish

as trying to achieve something in the material world. There’s

nothing to achieve. There’s only letting go. As we let go more and

more of ego identifications, desires, and support systems, bliss

will arise.

—Ayya Khema

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

Where the Path of Life Leads Us

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Laughter isn’t even the other side of tears.

It is tears turned inside out.
Truly the suffering is great, here on earth.

We blunder along, shredded by our mistakes,

bludgeoned by our faults.
Not having a clue where
the dark path leads us.
But on the whole,
we stumble along bravely,
don’t you think?

—Alice Walker

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

A Godly Woman

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A woman of beauty
A woman of grace
A woman of excellence

Beholding God’s face

She walks with the Lord

With integrity

Knowing her purpose

And destiny
No matter what happens

She walks in God’s love

Reflecting the beauty

Of her Father above.

—M.S. Lowndes

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

There Is a Comfort for Every Sorrow

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The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is

to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the

heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel that all

is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst

the simple beauty of nature. As long as this exists, and it certainly

always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every

sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe

that nature brings solace in all troubles.

—Anne Frank

 

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

Mother Teresa’s Favorite Prayer

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Dear Jesus, help us to spread your fragrance everywhere we go.

Flood our souls with your spirit and life.
Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly

that our lives may only be a radiance of yours.
Shine through us, and be so in us
that every person we should come in contact with

may feel your presence in our soul.
Let them look up and see no longer us, but only Jesus.

Stay with us, and then we shall begin to shine as you shine;

so to shine as to be a light to others;
the light, Jesus, will be all from you.
None of it will be ours.
It will be you shining on others through us.
Let us thus praise you in the way you love best,
by shining on those around us.
Let us preach you without preaching:
not by words, but by our example,
by the catching force,
the sympathetic influence of what we do,
the evident fullness of the love our hearts bear for you.

Amen. 

—Mother Teresa

 

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.

Cover Our Earth with Flowers

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Cover my earth mother four times with many flowers.

Let the heavens be covered with the banked-up clouds.

Let the earth be covered with fog;
cover the earth with rains.
Great waters, rains, cover the earth.

Lightning cover the earth.
Let thunder be heard over the earth;
let thunder be heard;
Let thunder be heard over the six regions of the earth.

—Native American Chant

This post is an excerpt from The Woman’s Book of Prayer by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon and Mango Media.