I speak praise, hope and thanks.
I open my mouth, I open my heart.
I feel the Ancient Prayer:
Bless our inventive ancestors
Who have given us the
Jealous God of the Torah;
And the clever God of the Talmud;
And the Kingly God of our Siddur.
To this God we pray.
Who have given us the
Jealous God of the Torah;
And the clever God of the Talmud;
And the Kingly God of our Siddur.
To this God we pray.
Bless our inventive ancestors
Who have given us the
The Unknowable God of the mystics;
And the rational God of the philosophers;
The haimish God of our grandparents.
To this God we pray
Who have given us the
The Unknowable God of the mystics;
And the rational God of the philosophers;
The haimish God of our grandparents.
To this God we pray
Bless
our inventive ancestors
Who have given us the
The Daddy God of our childhood faith;
And the nonexistent God of our young skepticism;
And now the complicated doubt-filled God-ness of our adult searching.
To this God, we pray.
Who have given us the
The Daddy God of our childhood faith;
And the nonexistent God of our young skepticism;
And now the complicated doubt-filled God-ness of our adult searching.
To this God, we pray.
Bless our inventive ancestors
Who have given us
God, the Everything;
God, the Everywhere;
God, the One-ness.
To this God, we pray.
With all our histories and memories,
And with gratitude to all who came before us,
Praising God,
However we approach God
And even if we don’t,
We pray.
And with gratitude to all who came before us,
Praising God,
However we approach God
And even if we don’t,
We pray.
What is God's Power?
Rambam says,
If you can’t imagine God then you don’t
exist.
There is nothing that is not God.
Bless Elohim, the Creator; the Created,
Creating.
Sanctify God's Name:
How can a name be holy?
Why exalt a name?
how do we name the Un-nameable?
And yet we’ve come up with so many, because we’re
human and we need names.
It has made us so creative.
Let us look from side
to side, to see all these possibilities,
Perhaps then we will be able to
comprehend
That which cannot be comprehended.
Or not.
All division is false,
All superiority is delusion,
All separation is temporary.
All superiority is delusion,
All separation is temporary.
Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh
We are blessed with many minds with
which to imagine God
And many mouths to describe what we see.
Let us step into holiness.
Kadosh Baruch Hu, Blessed be the
ONE-ness,
The Day is Holy
The world is filled with the Divine, we
are surrounded!
Hear us, know us.
Love us, enjoy us.
Remember us, rouse us.
Forgive us, inspire us.
It is written:
The Seventh Day is holy
It is the day of the Great Rest.
Bless the Profundity of Shabbat,
commanding us to take a nice afternoon nap.
We give service.
God of our strengths and our weaknesses,
God of our current understanding and our
lack thereof,
We are in this glorious and troubled
place
And we take responsibility for how it
turns out.
And we are watchful for our opportunities
to serve and build.
We’re listening.
And who or what listens to us?
Blessed Fierce Mystery, hear our voices.
We are so thankful.
We give thanks for whatever love and kindness
we have received
And even more for the love and kindness
we have given.
We give thanks for those who have forgiven us
And to those who have asked us for our
forgiveness.
We give thanks for the deep rest of Shabbat
And the exciting hope for the coming
week
May we never take this for granted.
Blessed HaMakom, this place is
so amazing.
We pray for Peace and Wholeness.
Let us make peace.
There is no other
option.
Adonai Echad, with compassion for
all who are in pain or who cause pain, bless us with the peace of
wholeness that we may lead decent and ethical and happy lives and help others
to do the same.
Open my heart:
Existing.
Creating.
Uniting.
Giving.
Learning.
Forgiving.
Building.
Thanking.
Enjoying.
May the words of my mouth and the
thoughts of my heart be joyful truth.
May the good things I
pray for happen and, if not,
May I never forget to hope.
AMEN
