Touches the World with Beauty

God who touches the world with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
With thy spirit re create me,
Make my heart anew.

Like Thy springs and running waters,
Make me crystal pure;
Like thy rocks of towering grandeur,
Make me strong and sure.

Like Thy dancing waves of sunlight,
Make me glad and free;
Like the straightness of the pine trees,
Let me upright be.

Like the arching of the heavens,
Lift my thoughts above;
Turn my dreams to noble actions,
Ministries of love.

God, who touches the earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
Keep me ever by Thy spirit.
Pure and strong and true.

~from the Camp Fire Girls songbook...1945

Hannah's Prayer

My heart rejoices in the Lord;
In the Lord my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in Your deliverance.

There is no one holy like the Lord, there is no one beside You; there is no rock like our God.

Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.

The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
Those who are full hired themselves out for food, but those who know hunger are hungry no more.
She who was barren has born seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.

The Lord brings death and makes alive, He brings down to the grave and raises up.
The Lord sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and exalts.
He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap; He seats them with princes and has them inherit a thron of honor.

For the foundation of the earth are the Lord's; upom them He has set the world.
He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness.

It is not by strength that one prevails; those who appose the Lord will be shattered.
He will thunder against the from Heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give strength to His king and exalt the horns of the anointed.

Who am I In Christ

I am a new creation
Of infinite worth

I am deeply loved.
I am completely forgiven by Him.
I am fully pleasing to Him.
I am totally accepted through Him.
I am absolutely complete in Him.
I was chosen for fellowship with Him.

before time began
God purposed my life.
He made me special.
He made me unique.
He made me beautiful in His sight.

I am in divine guidance. I am intending to move foreward in a positive and successful direction. I am always at the right place at the right time. everything that I do is orchestrated for my higher growth, my higher conciousness and my higher evolution. I will trust in this process.

I am the living light, I am one with God, and united with my higher self. I gain strength from this union, and I realize my fullest potential. I sense fulfillment in all that I do. I am guided and protected by a radiant gold light which eminates from the highest sourse. Light surrounds me and uplifts me. All members of my family are protected by this light. I am granted complete invisibility from all negative forces. I call upon my higher self, on God to be with me and to assist me with their guidence.

I am in divine guidence. I intend an accelerated pace I can handle. I am intending that i work through an uplifting capacity, and I will take a chance on this process. This feels right, though it makes no sense now. So I will go for it. I will embrace it with love and light and keep away all the negative forces, thoughts and feelings. I will trust in God and in my higher self.

To those assisting my in my journey on earth, and in the universe, it is my intention that I be successful. It is my intention that I always be safe in all things that I do. It is my intention that I receive love and give love in all things that I do. It is my intention that I havea good time and positive experience and that I be provided for with prosperity according to my needs. It is my intention that I not be overly enamored by the material world.

To attain to which you know not,
you must pass through that which you know not.

To attain to which you possess not,
you must pass through that which you possess not.

To attain to which you are not,
you must pass through which you are not.
~St John of the Cross

Act of Contrition

O my God, I love Thee above all things, with my whole heart and soul because Thou art all-good and worthy of my love, I love my neighbor as well as my self for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishments, but most of all because they offended Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no more.

Let all who are hungry come in and eat. let all who are needy come in and make Passover.

The Dark Night of The Soul

On a dark night, kindled in love with yearnings - oh, happy chance! -
I went forth without being observed, My house being now at rest.

In darkness and secure, By the secret ladder, disguised-oh happy chance! -
In darkness and in concealment, My house being now at rest.

In the happy night, In secret, when none save me nor I beheld aught, Without light or guide, save for which burned in my heart.

This light guided me more surely than the light of noonday
To the place where he (well I knew who!) was awaiting me!
A place where none appeared

Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,
Oh, night that joined Beloved with the lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!

Upon my flowery breast, kept wholly for himself alone,
There he stayed sleeping, and I caresed him, and the fanning of the cedars made a breeze.

The breeze blew from the turret as I parted his locks;
With his gentle hand he wounded my neck and caused all my senses to be suspended.

I remained, lost to oblivivion; my face I reclined on the Beloved.
All ceased and I abandoned myself, Leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies.

~St John of the Cross

The Great Innvokation

From the point of light within the mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of people
let light descend on earth

From the point within the heart of God
Let love stream forth into the heart of people
may Christ return to earth

From the center where the will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of people
The purpose which the Master knows and serves

From the center which we call the race of people
Let the plan of love and light work out and may it seal
The door where evil dwells

Let light and love restore earth
From the center which we call the race of people
Let the plan of love and light and love work out
and may it seal the door where evil dwells
let light and love restore the planet earth

Affirmation of the Disciple

From a point of light within a greater light
I am a strand of loving energy within the stream of love divine
I am a spark of sacrificial fire, focused within the fiery will of God and thus I stand
I am a way by which people may achieve
I am a source of strength enabling them to stand
I am a beam of light, shining upon their way
And thus I stand
And standing thus, revolve, and tread this way of people and I know the ways of God
And thus I stand

Mantra of Unification

All people are one, and I am one with them
I seek to love, not hate
I seek to serve, not exact due service
I seek to heal, not hurt
I seek to trust, not divide
Let light and love relieve the pain
Let the soul control the outer form and life, and all events, and bring to light the love the love that underlies the happenings of the time
Let vision and insigt come
Let the future stand revealed
Let inner union demonstrate, and outer divisions be gone
Let love preveal, let all people love

Communion

Oh, brother, wisdom pouring into you from the beloved saint of God. You've only borrowed it. Although the house from your heart is lit from inside. That light is lent by luminous neighbors. Give thanks, don't be arrogant or vain. Pay attention without self importance. it is sad that this borrowed state has put religious communities far from religious communion....`Rumi