Prayer for Calling In a Better World

God/dess, Universe, Source, Heaven Within Us:
We take this moment to center ourselves within our courageous hearts;
Seat of love and connection, compassion and wisdom.
We are watching as so many aspects of our society and government, of what has been “normal,” fall apart, 
As depths of corruption are revealed in apocalypse.*
We mourn for the sense of stability that has been lost, 
And most especially for the human lives that have been lost or ruined, shrugged off by leadership as “collateral damage.”

But we turn our attention now to the New Earth that is being born into our midst,
To participating in New Creation.
We are calling forth the society we want:
One in which children are centered, protected, educated with compassion, and raised in love,
In which healthcare is free to all,
Poverty and desperation are no more because everyone’s basic needs are met,
Prisons are empty and repurposed for collective restoration,
And Humans live in harmony with nature.

We want leaders who walk humbly upon the earth,
Who are respected for their wisdom and discernment, 
Who have a deep commitment to doing what is right and beneficial to all,
Who are truthful in word and deed,
Who are pure of heart and mind,
Whose primary value is love for humanity and for the planet.

We want our technologies to benefit humanity and our environment,
To complement life, not deter it.
We want an economy of reciprocity,
That creates abundance where there was once scarcity.
We want systems and processes that are aligned with truth,
That provide safety and help to even the most vulnerable, and reject injustice in all forms.

We are calling forth a world in which war is a forgotten concept
Because we are saturated in the truth of our Oneness, our connection to all,
And we know that to harm an individual is to harm the collective,
To harm the Self.

We leave behind greed, imperialism, dominance, control, and ego-based decisions
In favor of communal thriving, and heart-based wisdom.
We reject the constant conflict that comes with the ego’s need to prove, force, and destroy,
In favor of the peace that comes from wisdom and compassion, the heart’s specialties.

*feel free to pause here for Prayers of the people, or to add your own intentions)

Let there be light.
Let there be joy and celebration,
Healthy, thriving children,
Supported and resourced adults,
A counsel of wise leaders,
A planet bursting with abundance,
Health, well-being, and safety of mind and body,
Creativity, art, music, and movement. True progress.

This is the kind of world we want,
The world we are collectively midwifing.
No more of this exploitation and harm.
No more leaders who can’t be trusted.
We are singing and dancing a good, peaceful society into being,
Praying it to life.
May it be so.
May it be so.

Transfiguration Sunday (Year C, 2022): Litany for Spiritual Practice

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See also: “Transfiguration Sunday (Year C): Litany for Impatience” from 2019)

I find it interesting how the timeline goes in the story of Christ’s transfiguration. I notice that he gets transfigured (filled with light) and meets with his guides (Moses and Elijah) while he’s praying alone. Not in a group.

Jesus is in his corner minding his own business attending to his own spiritual work in solitude. And that’s where the transfiguration happens. That’s the place from which the guidance and encouragement comes. From the spiritual practice of prayer, contemplation, silence, solitude.

I meet plenty of people who think I’m totally wrong about spiritual practice. Meaning, spiritual practice that involves stillness, solitude or silence being a path to communion with God. People disagree with me, and that’s fine. The world’s mystics seem to agree, based on their writings. Regardless, I’ll still preach the gospel of the transformative (transfigurative) power of spiritual practice till my body gives out.


God, we set our intention to realize the truth about ourselves:
That we bear your image,
That your Kin-dom is within us,
When we look in a mirror, we see your glory.