Posted on 01/12/2005 7:03:19 PM PST by AskStPhilomena
We greet you Spirit of the North. Teach us to plant our feet securely on the earth and to see things as they really are, that the coming of your Spirit may find us standing firm in integrity. Teach us, Spirit of the North, in the solitude of winter, to wait in darkness with the sleeping earth, believing that we, like the earth, already hold within ourselves the seeds of new life.
ALL: May the deep peace of mercy be on us forgiving us, beckoning us, encouraging us; and may our readiness to forgive calm the fears.
We greet you, O Spirit of the East.
Awaken in us with each day, new hopes, new dreams of colors, loves and joys never before imagined. Fill our bodies with your breath, invigorate us. Carry us to the farthest mountains and beyond. In-spirit us that we might reach out to you boldly to grasp the miracles that are given birth with each new dawn.
ALL: May the deep peace of compassion be on us holding us close when we are weary, hurt and alone; and may we be the warm hands and warm eyes of compassion when people reach out to us in need.
We greet you Spirit of the South. You bring the winds of summer and breathe on us the warmth of the sun to sooth and heal our bodies and our spirits. Quicken us, draw us by the urgings of your warm breath to break through the soil of our own barrenness and fear. Teach us to hold sacred the memory of the spring rains that we might have the strength to withstand the heat of the day, and not become parched and narrow in our love. Lead us to accept fatigue with resignation, knowing that life is not to be rushed, that there is no flower of the field that grows from seed to blossom in a single day.
All: May the deep peace of gentleness be on us caressing us with sunlight, rain and wind; may tenderness shine through us to warm all who are hurt and lonely.
We greet you Spirit of the West; cool our hot and tired bodies, refresh and bring laughter to our hearts. It is you who usher in the setting sun. Guide our steps at the end of day; keep us safe from evil. Fill us with your peace as you enfold us with your great mystery of night that we might rest securely In your arms until morning call us forth again.
ALL: May the deep blessing of peace be on us stilling our hearts that have fear and doubt and confusion within them; and may peace cover us and all those who are troubled and anxious. May we be peacemakers.
We greet you, Great Spirit of the Earth. It was from you we came as from a Mother; you nourish us still and give us shelter.
Teach us to walk softly on your lands, to use with care your gifts, to love with tenderness all our brothers and sisters who have been born of your goodness. And when the day comes when you call us back to yourself, help us to return to you as a friend, to find ourselves embraced, encircled and enfolded in your arms.
ALL: May the deep peace of community arise from within us, drawing us ever nearer, speaking to us of unity, true community where distinctions of persons is also oneness in being.
Have no fear...it will happen again at next month's Parents' Guild meeting, and I may even tape it. THEN I'll talk to monsignor.
Regards,
PS: "Off the path, indeed!" And what a shame, too, because all the sisters are very nice (and very old) ladies. It will be difficult for me to do this.
O Great Spirit of the South, may you in your Infinite Wisdom grant me the knowledge of where my car keys are, for I am late for work and Atlanta traffic sucks. Amen.
Check their water for lead, their for carbon monoxide and their bread for psychedelic molds. This is whacked.
Their air! Check their air for CO.
I hate stupid mistakes.
Whoever wrote this, ate some bad mushrooms.
We love you anyway. BTW, blessing our oneness... what babble. Saint Martin De Porres is the patron saint of unity. Instead of wasting bandwith about 'oneness' should have wrote about him instead.
This is NOT a parody. This is part of the Paulist Press "Renew" pseudo-liturgy, where "small groups" of parishioners discuss their way into a greater understanding of life, the universe, and everything under the careful tutorship of a layman who has been versed in the blessed writings of the Paulist Press. This disgrace has been foisted off on untold unfortunate parishes by the religious education directors (including nuns and priests).
It's truly pagan and outrageous.
This is one small step above "Frisbee-terians," who believe that after death, one's soul goes up on the roof where no one can get it down.
Agreed.
Hey, you can't pray for that from the Great Spririt of the Earth! If anything, you should be asking her forgiveness for leaving tire tracks on her skin and spewing pollution in her air.
These types of things tend to be under control of the local bishop....the Vatican is not nearly as monolithic as some people seem to think it is, or that some of us sometimes wish it was...
I remember when Levada was appointed - he was actually considered a vast improvement over Quinn, the prior flaky archbishop of SF. From what I can see on my visits to SF, he's no improvement at all, just somewhat quieter about it.
But it really wouldn't surprise me to see this same piece of drivel turn up in my parish bulletin, and I live three thousand miles away from SF now. Sigh. It's inescapable.
This is on the official archdiocesan website...Lord, if it's in print, it's even worse...
We greet you Spirit of the Brewery; quench our hot tempers with your icy freshness; soothe us with your bubbly malt goodness, cleanse our palates with your sharp finish of hops.
ALL: May the deep blessing of fine beers and ales be on us, stilling our minds in their modes of anxiety and stress, and may peace cover us all, especially the one who refills the pitcher.
Wow, once all pretense of devotion to God is set aside, these things are pretty ease to right.
All that's missing from this "prayer" are the drums and the loin cloths. Truly pathetic, but more important, truly offensive to the Triune God.
Aaaaah, the 'small groups'. Sounds like a good idea. But way, waaaay off the deep end, at least at my parish and parishes near me. Anything and everything goes. Everything, that is, except 'old-fashioned' (read: traditional) Catholicism, because they even explain that away as a person in a psychological state not yet ready to accept change. Never mind that change is throwing out the baby and keeping the bathwater.
Ah, the small groups. Poisoning Catholics everywhere and readily accepted by many because of it's 'easiness' and 'inclusiveness' despite it paganness. Gag. (I understand a few parishes actually practice the small group the way the Pope intended. A group in Maryland comes to mind.)
This disgrace has been foisted off on untold unfortunate parishes by the religious education directors (including nuns and priests).
Foisted and forced, by the priests and nuns. In my diocese, the new slackers are the traditionalists or anyone who even questions the practices (I'm sure to be outed as one eventually). I'm active in a couple of ministries, and can say first hand this has created dissension and confusion and many have left altogether. And those who stay? Catholicism in my diocese is radically different than what it was even just 10 years ago.
Off the deep end and leading people, even those who should know better, astray.
Now that's getting mighty close to the abomination of desolation....
Yes. I just wonder how much farther it can go.
See #34 </sarcasm>
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