This prayer is from the Chinook Psalter.
May all things move and be moved in me
and know and be known in me.
May all creation dance for you within me.
A Blessing for Connections
May that which holds us in the eternity of time reveal our connections to each other like tender but strong threads that can’t be broken.
May you see yourself in your grandparents, parents, children, and grandchildren and be reminded of common traits, patterns, and ways of being transmitted through invisible DNA strands.
May you be given the grace to widen your web of seeing all the divine interconnectedness that binds humanity together.
May you see and recognize yourself in the stranger with the deep understanding that you and they are one and the same.
May you know that all of us come from stardust. We each sparkle and glisten in our souls with the distant light that shines in the dark.
May we walk in each other’s shoes so that we can see from another’s eyes, feel from another’s skin, and understand from another’s viewpoint.
May our hearts be united with the knowing that we all desire to be seen and to be loved as children of the Creator, brothers and sisters birthed from the universal womb.
— Kaki Grubbs, Spiritual Literacy Certificates Program, 2024 Cohort
Other Prayers
To All Living Beings
Great Spirit, you have been here always, and before you, nothing has been. There is no one to pray to but you. The star nations throughout the heavens are yours, and yours are the green grasses of the earth mother. You are older than all need, older than all pain, older than all prayer.
Great Spirit, all over the world the faces of living ones are like. With tenderness, they have come up out of the ground. Grandfather, look upon your grandchildren, with children in their arms, that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of silence.
Great Spirit, fill us with the light. Give us the strength to understand and the eyes to see. Teach us how to walk the soft earth as relatives to all living beings. Help us, O Grandfather, for without you we are nothing.
— Unknown in Prayers for Hope and Comfort: Reflections, Meditations, and Inspirations by Maggie Oman Shannon
Prayer for Village Earth (for seven generations)
O Mother Earth, we pray today to link our spirits with all
our brothers and sisters who share this web of life with us
and to honor those who once walked upon this land.
Rest quiet, Ancient Ones, we seek only to honor you and
to respect the land. We will not take from it lightly, nor
do harm. We will respect those creatures with whom we
share this sacred place.
Eagle, Snake, Coyote and Lizard, we honor you! Bless us,
please you Flying People, Crawling People, the Swimmers,
Plants and Tree People, and all our four-legged brothers and
sisters!
Father Sun, we beseech you to shine down your love
and light upon us!
Sister Rain and Brother Wind, walk softly here, for we are small
beneath your mighty power!
Sister Moon, shine gently as you guide us into dreamtime, and
when you journey across the world, send your stars to light
our way home!
O Mother Earth, accept our prayer, bless us with your energy
and healing. Help us to remember that we are connected to all
who share your sacred web of life … past, present, and future,
that in divinity and grace, we may exist as one!
— Sharon Auberle in Woman Prayers: Prayers by Women from Throughout History and Around the World by Mary Ford-Grawbosky
