MOURNING PRAYER FOR YOUR PETS

 

Our domesticated beasts, our animals,  when they trust you, you are blessed.  

And when that gift of joy and love and attention and nowness dies, we miss them so much. We suffer.  We mourn. Why do they have to live such short lives?

In June of 2022  I lost Buster, my cat.  He was 23. Here he is:

Blessed Holy Wholeness

Breath of the Universe 

Breathing us in

Breathing us out. 

Remembering us

Remembering our companions

Who let us love them with a full and pure heart

And who loved us back the same way. 

Amen

We were blessed to have them 

As  long as we did

And though I am really sad that they are gone,

I am really glad that they were here. 

Amen

I give thanks to the Holy Connector,

The One-ness that is eternal,

Which I experienced 

Through my sweet beasts. 

Amen

Brucha HaShleimot

Ruach ha Olam,

Breathing us in

Breathing us out.

We remember them,

We mourn their loss

And their memories are a blessing. 

And let us say, 

Amen

 

Making Decisions on July Fourth

In this holy space that is Independence Day

We can pause our pain

And look for compassion 

And then for truth

Before we decide upon

Our response. 

In this holy space that is Independence Day

We can pray to observe others’ anger

With tenderness 

And understanding 

Before we choose 

Our reaction. 

In this holy space that is Independence Day

We can stop and note,

With honest respect,

All ambient sounds and feelings

And then decide for freedom 

And hope.

WE ARE AFRAID /A prayer for hope

 

It is everywhere:

Anger, grief, fear, war, 

Famine, corruption, greed, 

And paranoia. 

The willfully malignant

Who live to hate, and

Fools who despise science and learning —

It’s horrible 

And we are afraid.  

We were afraid so

We prayed for it all to go away

But it didn’t 

So now we pray for survival. 

May this era pass (as all eras eventually do)

With the least amount of 

Damage and pain possible 

To our bodies and spirits and

To our freedom and to our planet.

We are afraid but going forward.

We pray for the strength to resist the cruelty 

And the brains to know when to hide. 

We pray for elders’ counsel and youths’ outrage,

Brilliant strategies and victories,

Adequate funding,

Joy when it can be found and

Kindness when it cannot. 

And hope. 

We pray for hope. 

Amen

A Prayer For Democracy

Blessed Holy Wholeness,

The Powers That Be

May be

In power

For now. 

But we are the powers 

that were 

and are 

and will be. 

So there. 

Amen