I take the words of the Christ seriously, where he is quoted in Matthew as saying “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven” (16:19). We are in a moment of grave evil in the USA. Ancient evils we never properly dealt with as a society - racism, xenophobia, police/law enforcement brutality, the ongoing reverberations of enslavement, internment, genocide, and jim crow - are again presenting themselves to us in real time. All echoes of greed, power-mongering, and exploitation of people and planet. And now we have concentration camps in the USA, public street executions, blatantly lying and corrupt politicians, an apocalypse of child trafficking and pedophilia they are desperate to hide. We bind them on earth and in Heaven.

I won’t mince words on this. Good people must pay attention and lend their efforts to the cause of justice, to bringing Heaven to earth. We commit to doing everything we can to oppose evil and articulate Heaven - calling congresspeople, boycotting, protesting, marching, donating, and yes, praying. All hands on deck.

God, our hearts are breaking beneath the weight of harm and murder our government has done
And is continuing to do, without lawful justification and against reasonable morality and ethics.
We lament and grieve the grave evil that hovers over our land,
And we direct our attention toward binding this evil.

So, like the Psalmist before us we pray: May those who directly perpetrate evil, or who are complicit in perpetrating evil be bound:
Bound by divine Love,
Their wicked plans thwarted,
Their legacy of harm dissolved,
Their resources and support crumbled,
Their influence removed from this earth.

May the evils of concentration camps, executions, terror and tyranny be bound,
Their power curtailed and removed,
Their authority undone,
Their resources cut off,
All those sick, hungry, thirsty, injured, and traumatized cared for and tended.
All innocent prisoners released.

May foul lies coming from wicked mouths cease to influence the people.
May those currently under the spell of liars and evil-doers be awakened to Divine Love and Truth.
May those cheering on tyranny, terror, and grave harm have their voices silenced in the manner of Zechariah.
May those who celebrate harm come to feel profound shame for their actions, and repent of their error.

May those whose greed and exploitation have brought us to such profound inequity be relieved of their privilege,
No longer free to pull the strings of corrupt politicians.
May people of conscience and consciousness rise up, get loud,
And demand an end to lies, murder, and tyranny.

May the influence of immoral people be removed from our land,
May the hearts of ordinary people be awakened and brought to attention.
May all who claim to follow a God of Love, be enlightened as to the rotten fruit of the actions done by powers they revere.
May the illusions and influence of evil be completely dissolved and destroyed.
And may all the “nice” people who “don’t do politics” awaken from their slumber,
And rise to meet the tragedy before us all, before it’s too late and more harm is done.

Help us, Source of Universal Love, to resist the temptation and illusion of temporary safety and comfort,
And instead put our bodies, our reputations, our words, and our actions into alignment with highest Truth and Love,
That we may be the body of God on the 3D earth,
Representatives of Heaven, for the good of all.

Amen

For Keith Porter, Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and every human who has been abducted, tortured, murdered, or maimed by the government.

Universal Love: we are calling on you.
Help us to find You within ourselves,
To find our courage and stalwart resolve,
The fierce protector energy that refuses to permit harm,
Refuses to be cowed by the pressure tactics of the wicked,
Will not stand by while the innocent are killed, maimed, and traumatized.

We have been comfortable.
Toxically comfortable - addicted to our ease, even as it costs the lives of the most vulnerable.
We have been permissive.
Permissive of evil in our midst, our politics, governance, and economy.
We have been apathetic.
Calloused toward the voices calling from the margins of our society.
We have been fearful.
Afraid to face the realities of the day with any meaningful risk-taking.
We have been inattentive
Unwilling to pay attention to the evil creeping up on our society.

We know that, even if we didn’t vote for this regime or actively bring it to pass,
We are all connected.
Our collective shadow is being show to us in the most stark and truthful of ways:
Criminals and clowns in power,
Babies jailed,
Mothers slaughtered in broad daylight,
For-profit prisons benefitting from terrorism,
Immense wealth inequity, struggle, and hunger,
Protestors and resisters tortured, gassed, and beaten,
And lawless masked police terrorizing our streets.

We know that the bill for centuries of greed
Is now coming due.
We lament how far we have fallen;
We grieve our collective inaction.
We lament the murders that have been done in the name of our country by institutions in power.
And grieve the loss of life, trauma, and lawlessness to which we are bearing witness.

This of us who follow the Christ know:
This is a table he would have turned upside down.

Now, grant us the courage to put our shoulders to the plow of justice,
The resolve to do without comfort for a time,
The discipline to follow through with direct economic action,
The clarity to do what is needed until the job is done,
The humility to organize and work together
The determination to not give over to evil…

So that we may send a message to those in power:
We are awake.
We are powerful.
We stand in the greatness of those who have gone before us to change the world for the better.
We want justice.
We are not afraid of the Truth.

In humility and courage we pray and intend for a new world
One built upon a foundation of Divine Love.

Amen