Yotzer: A Blessing Of Creation In A Time of Loss, Confusion, Fear And Anger

Blessed Fierce Mystery:
In a time of loss, confusion, fear and anger,

We choose to pray the Birkat Yotzer, the Blessing of Creation.

Praise the Creator,  Created, Creating.

We praise the Creator of Lightness and Darkness,

Together in the One-ness,

And we look for the gateways between these qualities

So that we may see and understand in all directions with complexity and compassion.

We praise the stories that are Created,

Our myths, our science, our history, our art, our rituals,

And we look to them for comfort and purpose and meaning

So that we may save our planet through paths of holiness and truth.  

We praise all those who are Creating strategies and solutions

Against self-destruction and species genocide,

And we look for hope on a regular basis

So that the beautiful old, destroyed, may become a wondrous new, invented.

Praise the Creator, Created, Creating.

Bless, blessed, blessing.

Amen

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A Short Prayer For Social Justice

Blessed Fierce Mystery,
Creator, Created, Creating,
We are not praying for your help,
Because we know what to do:
Agitate, organize, shout,
Write , call, send money,
Rally, march, vote.
Amen

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I Don't Get It: A Prayer Of Understanding

Blessed Fierce Mystery,

Creator, Created, Creating

I pray for understanding, because

I just don't get it.

I don't mean I don't know what's happening.

I know.

I know what atrocities theyre committing

And I know why they're doing it

And how they're doing it.

I understand who it serves

And who it hurts.

I understand who profits

And who suffers.

I get it, but...

I don't understand.

What goes on in their heads?

How do they justify the cruelty?

I don't mean I haven't heard their logic,

I know.

And I understand the psychology of it,

The dehumanization

And the tribalism

The otherness of the victims

And the, you know, the racism.

I get it, but...

It boggles the mind,

How do you hurt children like that?

I don't mean I've never heard of monsters who

Like to frighten and humiliate people who can't defend themselves,

I mean, I understand that it happens,

And they're not really monsters,

They are, alas, human beings.

I know they may not mean to do this,

Or know they're doing this

Or maybe they think it serves a larger cause,

Or they feel like they don't have a choice,

Or that they're Only Following Orders,

Or even,

It's My Job,

Or

I Gotta Feed My Kids First.

I get it, I do...

But

Enough.

I don't get it.

Blessed Fierce Mystery,

Creator, Created, Creating,

We are not praying for your help,

Because we know what to do:

Agitate, organize, write, call, send money, vote.
But it would be nice
To understand.

Amen

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A Blessing For A Community Celebrating Its Past And Looking Towards the Future

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Baruch atah Adonai,

Brucha At Shechinah,

HaKodesh Baruch Hu,

We honor this entire community,

together with all holy communities:

All of us,

And our loved ones.

Bless the ones who began us.

Bless the ones who teach and the ones who learn.

Bless the ones who pray and create our sacred spaces.

Bless the ones who organize and change the world.

Bless the ones who do the hard work of building structure.

And bless those who care for those in need and those who need their care.

Blessed One-ness,

Creator, Created, Creating,

We honor the chain of work

that made this community.

We give love and thanks

for our founders who forged those chains.

We give love and thanks 

For all the links here today.

And we give love and thanks for those

Who will continue to build this chain into the future.

And with all the voices of all our lives, 

Let us say

Amein

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