Good Evening or Very Early Morning!
It's time to make vigil and stand in solidarity with our family members at Standing Rock and throughout the world. Tonight we will use brief prayers with a pause for reflection interspersed with Native American Prayers.. Let us prepare by entering into this time with silence.
God we light our candles in unity and make vigil together in solidarity.
We pray for the Water Protectors at Standing Rock.
For the musical chants click on the bold links.
Song for the Sacred Elements
Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
Native American Prayer
Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect and to be kind to one another that we may grow with peace in mind.
- Native American Prayer
We pray and remember that all living things are sacred precious to God and that we must be good stewards of God's Cathedral of life.
Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
One With This World
My words are tied in one with the great mountains, with the great rocks, with the great trees, in one with my body and heart.
All of you see me, one with this world.
- Yokuts Prayer
God we pray that we my be truly one family in peace and harmony.
Prayer For Peace
Oh Great Spirit who dwells in the sky,
lead us to the path of peace and understanding,
let all of us live together as brothers and sisters.
Our lives are so short here, walking upon Mother Earth's surface,
let our eyes be opened to all the blessings you have given us.
Please hear our prayers, Oh Great Spirit.
- Native American Prayer
Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
God we pray that everyday we may remember that wherever we plant our feet we are on holy ground as we travel through life.
The Journey
When the earth is sick and dying,
There will come a tribe of people
From all races…
Who will put their faith in deeds,
Not words, and make the planet
Green again…
- Cree Prophecy
God we pray that we may seek to remember that we are one family throughout the world and wherever there is trouble we stand in solidarity with CALM (Compassionate, accepting, loving, and Merciful ) Hearts, hands, feet, words, and deeds.
Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
Great Spirit
O Great Spirit, help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.
- Cherokee Prayer
God we pray for the Earth and that we may stand in solidarity with those seeking to heal the environment and save all animals from becoming endangered or extinct species.
Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
Earth Prayer
Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle which soars in the sky.
Earth teach me regeneration
as the seed which rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep with rain.
- Ute Prayer
God we pray for the healing of all our family members. We pray for the healing of hurts, hatreds, bodies, minds, spirits, and hearts.
Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
Healing Prayer
Grandfather,
Sacred one,
Teach us love, compassion,
and honor.
That we may heal the earth
And heal each other.
- Ojibway Prayer
God help us to be one family throughout the world. May we be your children and peacemakers seeking to love and serve the least of these.
Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
Sioux Prayer
Grandfather Great Spirit
All over the world the faces of living ones are alike.
With tenderness they have come up out of the ground
Look upon your children that they may face the winds
And walk the good road to the Day of Quiet.
Grandfather Great Spririt
Fill us with the Light.
Give us the strength to understand, and the eyes to see.
Teach us to walk the soft Earth as relatives to all that live.
- Sioux Prayer
From Fr. Thomas Beasley- Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer
With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying "Lord, have mercy." For the poor and the oppressed, for the oppressed Native Peoples at Standing Rock, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and for all who remember and care for them, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy
.Water Song
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
A Native American Prayer for Peace
O Great Spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you.
To your messengers the four winds,
and to Mother Earth who provides for your children.
Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect,
and to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace in mind.
Let us learn to share all the good things you provide for us on this Earth.
- U.N. Day of Prayer for World Peace 2
Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe
The Water Song
Song for the Sacred Elements
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Good Night Brothers and Sisters! May we love one another in spirit and open heart homes. May we show attitudes of gratitude for all living things and each other. May we seek unity through Jesus the Living Water and the Waters Of Life that Course through our veins. May we be enlivened and empower to seek unity and be in service one to another.
In peace, harmony, and love,
Sara
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