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A Springtime blessing
May we be blessed by the fertile Earth,
our foundation and bedrock,
with gratitude.
May we be blessed by the spring rains
and the glistening dew,
quenching our thirst for freedom and beauty.
May we be blessed by the shining Sun
and the growing light, renewing and revealing all as it truly is.
May we be blessed by
Grace before meals
Spirit of Life, I thank you for this food. I honour all the human hands involved in bringing this food from field to fork. I thank the elements – earth, air, sun, rain – that nourished the life forms who died to nourish me. I honour their lives and their rebirth in my body, in
Psalm 85, reimagined
Holy One, restore us.
Forgive us our iniquity, for all the ways we damage the earth, our fellow creatures and ourselves; show us we are all one.
Turn to us in Your compassion and revive us, that we may rejoice.
Show us your steadfast love and grant us peace.
Promise well-being to those who revere
Let us give thanks – a Harvest prayer
Spirit of Life, Ground of Our Being,
at this harvest-time, we give thanks for the gifts of nature, freely given.
For the abundance and beauty of this earth, we give thanks.
For fertile soils, ripening crops and fruiting hedgerows, we give thanks.
For bracing breezes and misty mornings, we give thanks.
For cool evenings and
The Lord’s Prayer, reimagined
Spirit of Life, Ground of all Being, Our Mother and Father,
Who are throughout the whole cosmos
Holy are All Your Names
Holy are we, whoever and however we are
Your realm of love and justice come
Through the actions of our hands
And the desires of our hearts
Open our hearts to those who
The light of love
We light our chalice candle as a symbol of the light of love.
The light reminds us that love is the greatest power in the world,
the love we share and bless each other with,
here in our beloved community;
the love we take out into the world,
bearing and sharing the light,
wherever we
Co-weavers
We light our chalice, symbol of our free Unitarian faith
Sign of the spark of life in all living beings
Fire of commitment to love and justice
As the chalice cup embraces the flame
May we hold one another in loving community
Sharing our gratitude, our pain and our hopes for our world
For we
In awe and wonder
We light our chalice in gratitude
For the grace of mystery
For all the times we have stood
In awe and wonder
At the depths of our inner lives and
The beauty of our outer lives
Made One