Prayer Joined
“Maybe
we should let God be the judge of the size requirements of an
acceptable prayer. Our own ideas are bound to be all out of
proportion, and might hinder a worthy prayer from being released.”
Margaret
Dulaney (The Anonymous Ones; Winter 2017-18, p. 88)
While I was sick and
confronting surgery, many people prayed for me. People I don't even
know—centering prayer groups prayed, Catholic Masses were said,
lots of prayer groups added me to their lists, and many individuals
also prayed. I know that those prayers made a difference—they
impacted the success of the surgery, the rate of recovery, and the
outcome. Many people around the world pray for things big and
small—and when all these prayers are joined together, they form an
energetic net around the planet that is strong and decisive. Right
now, those of us who pray need to be praying for a change of heart
regarding earth's health, and the human impact on it. It may seem like a
huge, impossible task, but when we join all our prayers together they
become even stronger than the problem.
It is imperative that we
stop denying the reality of climate change and begin doing everything
we can to turn it around. Prayer is one way of doing that. Each of us
must assess our contribution to the problem and remedy that, but our
prayers, combined with the thousands of others who pray for enlightened
leadership and change in human destructiveness, turbo-charge the
sacred energy. There are so many things to pray about these days,
that we could spend every minute of everyday praying, and thankfully,
some people actually do.
Don't be afraid to pray
for everything, anything at all—big or small—the mountainous
global problems, and the small, isolated personal ones. Every prayer
is a little energy packet going out to the universe and being
amplified by the prayers of others. Pray for yourself, for loved
ones, for our leaders, for the courage to confront our problems, for
everyone you know who's facing a difficulty, or in the midst of one,
for whatever your personal unmet needs may be, and for everything
that is living on this planet. Call upon your ancestors and friends
on the other side of the veil to intervene, by adding their prayers
to yours. Don't be afraid. Just pray. God-by-any-name is listening.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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