Gathering Prayers

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="01ed4c00dduajq.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Pray Always!</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> </B></I><B>Prayer attributed to Francis</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Make me an instrument of your peace.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is hatred... let me sow love.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is injury... pardon.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is discord... unity.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is doubt... faith.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is error...truth.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is despair.. hope.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is sadness.. joy.</B></div> <div> <B>Where there is darkness..  light.</B></div> <div> <B>O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek.</B></div> <div> <B>To be consoled as to console.</B></div> <div> <B>To be understood..  as to understand.</B></div> <div> <B>To be loved... as to love.</B></div> <div> <B>For it is in giving... that we receive.</B></div> <div> <B>It is in pardoning... that we are pardoned.</B></div> <div> <B>It is in dying... that we are born to eternal life.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCCB2" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="558" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#990000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#660066" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#339999 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 28 WIDTH="546"><div> <A HREF="basic_understanding_of_communal_gathering_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guidelines for Gatherings"><U>Guidelines for Gatherings</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" 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source.</div> <div> May we live in loving kindness and simplicity.</div> <div> May we live in holy freedom, responsibility and obedience</div> <div> To that seed and hidden source.</div> <div> Great silence, may we hear you this day.</div> <div> Great humming sound, may we feel you this day.</div> <div> Great seed and hidden source illuminate our hearts and way today.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="493" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#990033" BORDERCOLORDARK="#9933CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFCCB2 HEIGHT= 140 WIDTH="479"><div> <B>Prayer of the Heart</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>May all beings including myself be free of suffering.</B></div> <div> <B>May all beings from the least to the greatest abide in deep peace.</B></div> <div> <B>May all beings including myself be filled with jo</B><B>y</B></div> <div> <B>May all being from the most recently born to the most ancient abide in deep peace.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Long Antiphonal Chant</B><B> <A NAME="chant"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> (Response at the asterisk)</div> <bR> <div> Great silence, *<B>may we hear you this day.</B></div> <div> Great humming sound, *<B>may we feel you this day.</B></div> <div> Great hidden source, *<B>illuminate our hearts and way today</B>.</div> <bR> <div> May we know all creation, *<B>as our deepest relations.</B></div> <div> May we honor all creation, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor ourselves, *<B>as a manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <bR> <div> May we honor all peoples, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor all children, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor all elders, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor the ancestors, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <bR> <div> Great silence, *<B>may we hear you this day.</B></div> <div> Great humming sound, *<B>may we feel you this day.</B></div> <div> Great seed and hidden source, *<B>illuminate our hearts and way today.</B></div> <bR> <div> May we honor all directions, north, east, south, west,</div> <div> above, below, within, without and center, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor the air, the clouds, wind, sky, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor the earth, mountains, metal and rocks, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor the tree, grass and flower growing beings, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor rivers, oceans, rain, and all water, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor fire, flame, heat and desire, *<B>as the manifestation of the</B> <B>unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor sun, moon, planets, stars, universes, and galaxies, *<B>as manifestations of the unseen source.</B></div> <bR> <div> Great silence, *<B>may we hear you this day.</B></div> <div> Great humming sound, *<B>may we feel you this day.</B></div> <div> Great seed and hidden source, *<B>illuminate our hearts and way today.</B></div> <bR> <div> May we honor four legged nations, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor birds and flying nations, *<B>as the manifestation of the</B> <B>unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor the swimming nations, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor the crawling nations, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <bR> <div> Great silence, *<B>may we hear you this day.</B></div> <div> Great humming sound, *<B>may we feel you this day.</B></div> <div> Great seed and hidden source, *<B>illuminate our hearts and way this day.</B></div> <bR> <div> May we honor all faiths, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor all love, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we live in deep peace, *<B>with the manifestations of the unseen source.</B></div> <bR> <div> May we know all creation, *<B>as my deepest relations.</B></div> <div> May we honor all creation, *<B>as the manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <div> May we honor ourselves, *<B>as a manifestation of the unseen source.</B></div> <bR> <div> Great silence, *<B>may we hear you this day.</B></div> <div> Great humming sound, *<B>may we feel you this day.</B></div> <div> Great seed and hidden source, *<B>illuminate our hearts and way today.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Praise be God for God is every all and every all is One.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#the_simple_prayer" TITLE="Gathering Prayers "><U>Top of Page</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>