Interspiritual Ministry
Some of my favorite prayers and a few I wrote myself:
O Jesus,
You suffered and died for us;
You understand suffering;
Teach me to understand my suffering as You do;
To bear it in union with You;
To offer it with You to atone for my sins
And to bring Your grace to souls in need.
Calm my fears; increase my trust.
May I gladly accept Your holy will and become more like You in trial.
If it be Your will, restore me to health so that
I may work for Your honor and glory and the salvation of all.
Amen.
Dear Jesus,
Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick, we turn to You in this time of
illness. 0 dearest Comforter of the Troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow
with Your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this
burden. Dear God, we place our worries in Your hands. We place our sick under
Your care and humbly ask that You restore Your servant to health again. Above
all, grant us the grace to acknowledge Your holy will and know that whatsoever
You do, You do for the love of us.
Amen.
God, hear
my prayer,
And let my cry come to You.
Do not hide from me in the day of my distress
Turn to me and speedily answer my prayer.
Eternal God, Source of healing,
Out of my distress I call upon You.
Help me sense Your presence
At this difficult time.
Grant me patience when the hours are heavy;
In hurt or disappointment give me courage.
Keep me trustful in Your love.
Give me strength for today, and hope for tomorrow.
To your loving hands I commit my spirit
When asleep and when awake. You are with me; I shall not fear.
Traditional Buddhist Blessing and
Healing Chant
Just as the
soft rains fill the streams,
pour into the rivers and join together in the oceans,
so may the power of every moment of your goodness
flow forth to awaken and heal all beings,
Those here now, those gone before, those yet to come.
By the
power of every moment of your goodness
May your heart's wishes be soon fulfilled
as completely shining as the bright full moon,
as magically as by a wish-fulfilling gem.
By the
power of every moment of your goodness
May all dangers be averted and all disease be gone.
May no obstacle come across your way.
May you enjoy fulfillment and long life.
For all in
whose heart dwells respect,
who follow the wisdom and compassion, of the Way,
May your life prosper in the four blessings
of old age, beauty, happiness and strength.
Beloved God
by Alan
Cohen
Beloved
God,
Show me the truth about this.
I now surrender all fears, doubts, and judgments,
and invite the light of perfect consciousness to illuminate my path.
Pure love
is present here and now,
as God lives in every person I meet.
I send love and appreciation to all my associates,
knowing with perfect confidence that
he or she is guided by the same Great Spirit that guides me.
I am not
separate from my brothers and sisters, but one with them.
I trust that my highest good is unfolding before me,
and I accept the very best that love and life have to offer.
I am worthy
of living in the
even as I walk the earth. I claim it now.
Thank you, God, for loving me infinitely,
and opening all doors for the highest good of all concerned.
I receive
Your love, and magnify it.
And so it is.
Thy Name is My Healing
A Baha'i Prayer
Thy name is
my healing, oh my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee
is my hope and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and
my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, are the
All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Baha'u'llah
Matthew, Chapter 6: 33: But seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
The Lord's Prayer
(Matthew 6:9-13).
Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
Eastern Orthodox Church: Prayer for Healing
O Lord
Jesus Christ, our Savior, the Physician of souls and bodies, who didst become
man and suffered death on the cross for our salvation, and through thy tender
love and compassion didst heal all manner of sickness and affliction: do thou O
Lord, visit me in my suffering, and grant me grace and strength to bear this
sickness with which I am afflicted, with Christian patience and submission to
thy will, trusting in thy loving kindness and tender mercy. Bless, I pray thee,
the means used for my recovery, and those who administer them. I know O Lord,
that I justly deserve any punishment thou mayest inflict upon me, for I have so
often offended thee and sinned against thee, in thought, word, and deed. There-
fore, I humbly pray thee, look upon my weakness, and deal not with me after my
sins, but according to the multitude of thy mercies. Have compassion on me, and
let mercy and justice meet and deliver me from this sickness and suffering I am
undergoing. Grant that my sickness may be the means of my true repentance and
amendment of my life according to thy will, that I may spend the rest of my
days in thy love and fear; that my soul, being helped by thy grace and
sanctified by thy Holy Mysteries, may be prepared for its passage to the
Eternal Life. And there, in the company of thy blessed Saints, may praise and
glorify thee with thy Eternal Father and Life-giving Spirit. Amen.
Dear LORD,
Be my redeemer, my internal teacher, my divine physician.
Thank You for your presence in my life.
I surrender to You all I am, all I think, all I feel, and all I have.
I recognize in this moment that Yours is the power to heal and make
whole.
You who have the power to work miracles,
You who rule time and space, please take me in Your arms and hold me.
Dear Lord, please lift me up and heal me.
Cast out of my mind all thoughts that are not of You.
Cast out of me all harsh and critical nature.
Cast out of me all violence and all anger.
Cast out of me all demons from my past.
For I would be made new.
I wish to walk so close to You that we might be as one.
I ask for new life, new mind, new body, new spirit.
Dear LORD, please come into me and release me from this pain.
Amen.
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
by Edwin Hatch
Breathe on
me, Breath of God, Fill me with life anew
That I may
love what Thou dost love, And do what Thou wouldst do.
Breathe on
me, Breath of God, Until my heart is pure,
Until with
Thee I will one will, To do or to endure.
Breathe on
me, Breath of God, Till I am wholly Thine,
Till all
this earthly part of me
Glows with
Thy fire divine.
Breathe on
me, Breath of God, So shall I never die;
But live
with Thee the perfect life Of Thine eternity.
Sh’ma Yisra’el
Sh’ma
Yisra’el, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Ekhad
(Hear, O
Israel, the Lord Our God, the Lord is One.)
Traditional - Scottish Gaelic Prayer
of Celebration
As the rain
hides the stars,
as the autumn mist
hides the hills,
as the clouds veil
the blue of the sky, so
the dark happenings of my lot
hide the shining of thy face from me.
Yet, if I may hold thy hand in the darkness,
it is enough, since I know,
that though I may stumble in my going,
Thou dost not fall.
Buddhist Prayer of Adoration
O Guru
Rinpoche, Precious One,
You are the embodiment of
The compassion and blessings of all the buddhas,
The only protector of beings.
My body, my possessions, my heart and soul
Without hesitation, I surrender to you!
From now until I attain enlightenment,
In happiness or sorrow,
in circumstances good or bad,
in situations high or low:
I rely on you completely, O Padmasambhava, you who know me:
think of me, inspire me, guide me,
make me one with you!
Jewish Prayer of Adulation
The earth
is full of your goodness,
your greatness and understanding,
your wisdom and harmony.
How wonderful are the lights that you created.
You formed them with strength and power
and they shine very wonderfully on the world,
magnificent in their splendor.
They arise in radiance and go down in joy.
Reverently they fulfill your divine will.
They are tributes to your name
as they exalt your sovereign rule in song.
Druid - Song of Amergin
I
am the wind on
the sea.
I am the wave of the sea.
I am the bull of seven battles.
I am the eagle on the rock.
I am a flash from the sun.
I am the most beautiful of plants.
I am a strong wild boar.
I am a salmon in the water.
I am a lake in the plain.
I am the word of knowledge.
I am the head of the spear in battle.
I am the God that puts fire in the head.
Who spreads light in the gathering on the hills?
Who can tell the ages of the moon?
Who can tell the place where the sun rests?
Hindu Prayer of Worship
(The Bhagavad Gita - 11:36-40 – Arjuna)
O Krishna,
it is right that the world delights
and rejoices in your praise,
that all the saints and sages bow down to you
and all evil flees before you to the far corners of the universe.
How could they not worship you, O
Lord?
You are the eternal spirit,
who existed before Brahma the creator
and who will never cease to be,
the Lord of the gods,
you are the abode of the universe.
Changeless, you are what is and what is not,
and beyond the duality of existence and nonexistence.
You are the first among gods,
the timeless spirit, the resting place of all beings.
You are the knower and the thing which is known.
You are the final home;
within your infinite form you pervade the cosmos.
You are Vayu, god of wind;
Yama, god of death;
Agni, god of fire;
Varuna, god of water.
You are the moon and the creator Prajapati,
and the great-grandfather of all creatures.
I bow before you and salute you again and again.
You are behind me and in front of
me;
I bow to you on every side.
Your power is immeasurable.
You pervade everything;
you are everything.
Modern Prayer of Celbration
Prayer of the Chalice
- Francis Nuttall
Beloved, to Thee I raise my whole
being,
a vessel emptied of self. Accept, O Lord,
this my emptiness, and so fill me with
Thy Self --- Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy
Life --- that these Thy precious Gifts
may radiate through me and over-
flow the chalice of my heart into
the hearts of all with whom I
come in contact this day,
revealing unto them
the beauty of
Thy joy
and
Wholeness
and
the
serenity
of Thy Peace
which nothing can destroy.
Yoruban Prayer
Oludumare,
oh Divine One! I give thanks
to You, the one who is as near as my
heartbeat, and more anticipated than my
next breath. Let Your wisdom become one
with this vessel as I lift my voice in
thanks for Your love.
Qur’an - 1:1-7 - The Opening - al
Fatihah
All praise
belongs to God,
Lord of all worlds,
the
Compassionate, the Merciful,
Ruler of
Judgment Day.
It is You
that we worship,
and to You we appeal for help.
Show us the
straight way,
the way of
those You have graced,
not of those on whom is Your wrath,
nor of those who wander astray.
On Marriage - Kahlil Gibran
You were born together, and together
you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
American Indian Invocation
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.
Prayer of Invocation
by Hildegard of Bingen
Fire of the
Spirit,
life of the
lives of creatures,
Spiral of
sanctity,
Bond of all
natures,
glow of
charity,
lights of
clarity,
taste of
sweetness to the fallen,
be with us
and hear us.
Traditional Buddhist Prayer
May all beings have
happiness and the causes of happiness;
May all be free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow;
May all never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrowless;
And may all live in equanimity, without too much attachment and too much
aversion,
And live believing in the equality of all that lives.
Prayer
of Refuge (
We go for
refuge to Divine Wisdom,
may it manifest in our lives.
We go for
refugee to Divine Love,
may it arise in our hearts.
We go for
refuge to Divine Compassion,
may it blossom in our minds.
We go for
refuge to the ever-present eternal essence
of all creation
Which we
are
and are becoming one with
In every
moment
in every aspect
As we
strive to live our lives
as beings of love and compassion
Allowing
the Divine Light
to shine on us
And through
us
in all that we do
For all
time.
Astu-Amen
Prayer of Renunciation (
Divine
Spirit
Ground of
all Being
Source of suchness
We renounce
now
in effort
to attain your grace
all ties
that bind us to the mundane
We
relinquish our minds of anger
We abandon
our minds of jealousy
We seek not
to be seen as special
We discard our
desires of earthly pleasures
We release our
aspirations for reward
We jettison
our selfishness
We request
now your Divine Wisdom,
The source
of solace and succor to our souls,
As we
embrace and abide
In the
radiance of your eternal love.
Astu-Amen
Prayer for Wisdom (
Divine
Spirit
Bless me
now with the wisdom I so deeply need.
Fill my
mind with peace and equanimity.
Flood my
heart with love for all living beings.
Wash my
inner essence with universal compassion
Open my
eyes to see clearly and truly
The world
of bliss and blessings
That we all
inhabit
In every
moment
And remind
me of my commitment
To my
fellow companions on this journey
That we might
all share in the bounty of your love
As we love
one another.
Astu-Amen
Buddhist Prayer of the Six
Perfections (
I seek to
complete the perfection of giving;
fulfilling the desires of all living beings.
I seek to
complete the perfection of moral discipline;
maintaining my vows and gathering virtuous
Dharma.
I seek to
complete the perfection of patience;
abandoning anger and cultivating equanimity.
I seek to
complete the perfection of effort;
striving for enlightenment with unwavering
compassion.
I seek to
complete the perfection of concentration;
attaining tranquil abiding and the mind of
clear light.
I seek to
complete the perfection of wisdom;
realizing directly the union of bliss and
emptiness.
OM AH