Chalice Lighting;
In sanctuaries throughout the globe, Unitarian Universalists are lighting chalices, symbol of our faith. Our hearts, minds and prayers go out to Ukrainian families scurrying to get children out of harm’s way, families with members defending their country, families of soldiers already killed in defense of country. Our thoughts, prayers and concern also extend to Russian families. We mourn lives lost, as well as homes, hopes and dreams. And today, especially today we reaffirm our commitment to work for a world where every person matters. We draw strength from the bonds and covenants that will sustain us until days of peace and justice return. – Phillip J. Schulman
We pray for the end of injustices that become breeding grounds for war
We pray for the restoration of fellowship
And the building of integrity
We pray for commitment
To the unending struggle against selfish ways
And violation of human dignity
We pray for that peace that is the blossoming
Of our life together
Pagan Prayer for Ukraine by Byron Ballard
We stand here helpless under this crescent Moon.
We stand here helpless as the inevitable happens.
Holding in our hearts the children, the elders, the soldiers called up and those left behind.
The trees and brooks, the lambs, the calves–all held here in the folds of our ragged souls.
To your fear, your peril, your rage and resistance, we stand witness. We stand with you and for you, your grief our grief.
May Justice be served! May allies come swiftly!
By this crescent Moon’s frail light, we stand. – Ray Simpson
Healing Prayer adapted from Maria Sabina Mexican Healer Poet
Life force in everything, with your help I heal. I heal with the light of the sun and the rays of the moon. With the sound of the river and the waterfall. With the swaying of the sea and the fluttering of birds. I heal with mint, neem, and eucalyptus. Sweeten with lavender, rosemary and chamomile. I hug you and receive your hug with cocoa bean and a hint of cinnamon. I put love in my tea instead of sugar and drink it looking at the stars. Force of Creation heal me with kisses that the wind gives me and hugs from the rain. I stand strong with my bare feet on the ground and with everything that comes from it. I am smarter every day listening to my intuition, looking at the world with my forehead. I jump, dance and sing, that I may live happily. The infinite and I together heal me with beauty, love and memory that we are the medicine
Druid Prayer
Grant, Holy Ones, Thy Protection;
And in protection, strength;
And in strength, understanding;
And in understanding, knowledge;
And in knowledge, the knowledge of justice;
And in the knowledge of justice, the love of it;
And in that love, the love of all existences;
And in the love of all existences, the love of Earth our mother, and all goodness.
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