Life Prayers: From Around the World365 Prayers, BlessiHarper Collins, 2010 M10 26 - 464 pages An eloquent anthology honoring the wonders and challenges of life on earth and celebrating the seasons of our lives. The mysteries and delights of life on earth are illuminated in this richly eclectic collection of poetry, wisdom, prayers, and blessings from thinkers and writers around the world. Here you will find the poetry of Hildgard of Bingen and Gary Snyder; the political wisdom of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, Jr.; a treasury of women's prayers, classical verse from China and Japan; and beautiful chants and prayers by Native Americans. A joyous affirmation of the human journey in all its forms, in all its struggles and glories. |
Contents
Chickasaw song 54 Sugaware no Michizane | 55 |
The Lotus Sutra 62 Zenkei Shibayama 63 Paiakan | 63 |
Masika Szilagyi | 150 |
Mari Evans 161 Maria Elena del Valle | 157 |
Introduction | 179 |
Igbo prayer 196 Lenora Hatathlie Hill 197 Prince Modupe | 197 |
Seventeenthcentury anonymous 213 Irish blessing | 214 |
xii | 216 |
Anonymous Japanese 221 Judy Grahn | 222 |
Zsuzsanna E Budapest | 240 |
vii | 255 |
Alla Renée Bozarth 265 Jamie Sams | 266 |
Rachel Naomi Remen 270 Annabel Laity 271 Jim Cohn | 271 |
Index of First Lines | 407 |
Permissions Acknowledgments | 419 |
Common terms and phrases
animals Arthur Waskow beauty Bless this marriage blessing give birth body breathe child comes Copyright creatures dance dark death Denise Levertov Earth eyes fire Five Awarenesses flowers forest forgiveness friends gift grace grow hands happiness healing heart heaven holy human land Let freedom ring light listen live look Lord Mark Van Doren marriage We call Mary Medical Mission Sisters miracle Miriam Therese Winter moon mother mountains Nancy Rose Meeker Nancy Wood night ourselves peace permis permission of author plants Poems pray Press Rabbi Rami rain Rainer Maria Rilke Renée Bozarth Reprinted by permission Robin Morgan sacred sing sion sisters song sorrow soul spirit stand Stephen Mitchell Susan Griffin sweet thee Thich Nhat Hanh things trees Unfolded voices W. S. Merwin walk Wendell Berry William Stafford wind wisdom woman womb women Zsuzsanna
Popular passages
Page 8 - Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Page 318 - I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 136 - With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
Page 163 - And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?
Page 3 - We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Page 136 - I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
Page 125 - Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Page 231 - Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile the winds To a heart in port, Done with the compass, Done with the chart. Rowing in Eden! Ah! the sea! Might I but moor To-night in thee!
Page 211 - If you can dream — and not make dreams your master; If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same...
Page 340 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.
References to this book
The Vision of Catholic Youth Ministry: Fundamentals, Theory, and Practice Robert J. McCarty,Laurie Delgatto No preview available - 2005 |