The Present Moment Prayer

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My God, when I look into the future, I am frightened,
But why plunge into the future?
Only the present moment is precious to me,
As the future may never enter my soul at all.
It is no longer in my power to change, correct, or add to the past;

For neither sages nor prophets could do that.

And so what the past has embraced, I must entrust to God.

O present moment, you belong to me, whole and entire.
I desire to use you as best I can.
And although I am weak and small,
You grant me the grace of Your omnipotence.
And so, trusting in Your mercy,
I walk through life like a little child,
Offering You each day this heart
Burning with love for Your greater Glory.

—St. Faustina

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

By Light Divine

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I am the Soul.
I am the Light Divine.

I am Love.
I am Will.
I am Fixed Design.

—Alice Bailey

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 Time for Change

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If you stay stuck for a period of time,

this is given unto you by your soul

to give you a resting place.

At this place, you judge it as stuck.

See it as transition.

—Kuan Yin

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

The Serenity Prayer

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know

the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at

a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He

did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that

He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may

be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him

forever in the next. Amen.

—Reinhold Niebuhr

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

With a Pure Heart

Help us to love each person because
they are a human being and created in the image of God.

Let not our race, color, religion, or ethnicity be a dividing factor

but may we see each person as a uniquely created individual

worthy of our love.

Help us to stand against senseless violence and not support

anyone who would divide others for their own gain.

Make us true instruments of your peace.

In Jesus’ Holy name we ask. Amen.

—Valerie Cullers

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

Asking the Blessing of the Triple Goddess

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I am bowing my head
In the eye of the Mother who gave me birth,
In the eye of the Maiden who loves me,
In the eye of the Crone who guides me in wisdom,

In friendship and affection.
Through thy gift of nature, O Goddess,

Bestow upon us fullness in our need.
Love towards the Lady,
The affection of the Lady,

The laughter of the Lady,
The wisdom of the Lady,
The passion of the Lady,
The blessing of the Lady,
And the magic of the Lady
To do in the world of Abred
As the Ageless Ones do in Gwynfyd;

Each shade and light,

Each day and night,

Each moment in kindness,

Grant us Thy Sight.

—Ancient Celtic Song

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

Rituals of Life

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I invite you to enter for a moment
into Sacred Time and Space,
into a way of seeing that is broad and spacious.

See this Day, from the time you arose this morning

until you sleep this evening, as one Ceremony,

divided into small and familiar rituals,

your Heart as the Altar.
You, part of the Cycles of Light and Darkness.

Now begin to see your Life,
from the moment of your Conception

until the time of your Death
as one long, continuous Ceremony,
filled with many rituals,
some familiar, some unknown and challenging.

Your Home and all Your Relations, the Altar.

You, part of many Seasons and Cycles.

—Briane Baxter

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

Take Refuge in the Shelter of Your Wings

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Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.
From the ends of the earth I call to you,

I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe;
I long to dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.

—Psalm 61:1–4

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

Under the Watch of the Stars

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Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess,
the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,

whose body encircles the universe:
I who am the beauty of the green earth
and the white moon among the stars
and the mysteries of the waters,
I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.

For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.

From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.

Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices,
for behold—all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.

Let there be beauty and strength,
power and compassion,
honor and humility,
mirth and reverence within you.
And you who seek to know Me,
know that your seeking and yearning will avail you not,

unless you know the Mystery:
for if that which you seek,
you find not within yourself,
you will never find it without.
For behold, I have been there with you from the beginning,

and I am that which is attained at the end of desire.

—Doreen Valiente, 1942

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

The Soul of Nature That Gives Life to the Universe

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Great Spirit, Divine One, Creator
who is heaven earth rock wind insect tree fox

human of every size shape color
Holy are your infinite names chanted sung whispered

shouted in every language, tongue.

—Claudia L’Amoreaux

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