May we seek & find & make our ways with & in & for Peace. Step by breath by prayer, be here & held & wholed. Peace be through us.

inbreath: on earth outbreath: as in heaven: inbreath: give outbreath: grace, inbreath: share outbreath: love.

God, bless all the places where we do not know our need for healing, for grace, for peace. Amen.

bless weary bodies hearts souls o God with thy rest healing peace. amen.

may truth free & love save & peace heal you & us & everybody. amen.

inbreath: here, outbreath: beyond…

God, guide our nations & peoples away from war, call our species away from devastation, beckon our hearts into peace. Amen.

may this lifetime this moment this breath be prayer & bear blessing. amen.

“the spirit of theHolyOne: the spirit of wisdom & understanding, the spirit of counsel & might, the spirit of knowledge & awe”

as needed, pause worldnoise. pray silence.

deliver thy children o God from desperation & devastation & deprivation & desolation & danger— have mercy & help, be swift to save. Amen.

sitting, set. settle down settle in, center til sent +centerinprayer #billionprayersforpeace

rite this way: lift/open heart pray attention abide, here for now hold rest; then rise to pursue justice and practice compassion #centerinprayer #billionprayersforpeace

help us pick up our pieces & put us together. amen.

in the midst of worldnoise, pause… be/quiet. #BillionPrayersForPeace

wait with us pray+love+hope with us (for+into God-with-us) as the season unfolds step by step, day by day, candle by candle, may the Holy Spirit stir within you catch your attention and bless your soul +attention #adventcalendar

begin, dear God, again & again, with these our hurting hoping human hearts… knead grace, flow mercy, bless care.

may love save may truth set free may peace bless a world #BillionPrayersForPeace

give rest, o G*d, to every body mind heart soul every life that yearns for peace. Amen.

o G*d, for thy mercy’s sake, set thy children free from every violence & injustice danger & disaster terror & trauma— deliver the vulnerable from devastation. protect the exposed, help the helpless. Amen.

when we collapse, o God, into exhaustion, sorrow, desperation, hold & keep us. Amen.

breathing out, surrender noise & distraction; breathing in, welcome peace. #BillionPrayersForPeace

give thy protection & thy defense, o God, thy healing & thy refuge, thy care & thy rest unto thy desperate children. amen.

dear God, protect & defend & shield all who suffer & struggle & endure— bless thy children with peace & safety & healing & justice & freedom & rest. amen.

for (a) now, slow into here, be, still/ed.

God, bless us to bless our neighbors with love, until thy world blossoms peace. Amen. #BillionPrayersForPeace

inbreath: slowly, still outbreath: quietly, center

deliver thy suffering children, holyholyholyOne, from danger & violence & deprivation— in thy mercy, protect & save & set free. amen.

o G*d, so love thy world— o love, so cast out fear— o truth, so set us free— so that thy children, together, may grow to give care, to serve peace, to learn wisdom. amen. amen.

enfold, dearGod, in thy protection, every body & soul who struggles to survive endure exist— for thy mercy’s sake. Amen.

may love hold save keep bless help free rest you. amen.

God who so loves, bless & keep & deliver & sustain & protect thy vulnerable children. have mercy. Amen.

inbreath: here outbreath: I am. inbreath: thanks outbreath: be to God.

breathe, o G*d, thy Spirit, into & through these heartmindsoulbodies we’re blessed for our while to be & bear & become along the way. grace healing, peace, hope, courage everywhere/everyhow we need them. hold & help & hallow all of all of us wholer & wholer. for thy love’s sake. amen.

+keepawake

inbreath: take heart, outbreath: flow peace.

goodGod hasten the cessation of hostilities that target & hound civilians refugees children— for thy justice for thy mercy’s sake deliver. amen.

God who knows who holds who loves every soul, bless thy children safe & free from violence & danger, from exposure & hunger, from oppression & harm. Amen.

for a whole moment, slow into quiet. in your here, your now, pulse life, well prayer, flow spirit. balance, center. settle into silence, steep in stillness. in presence, abide.

Bless this world, o God: bless thy children free from danger & devastation, from violence & starvation, from vicious annihilation, from malice & hatred, from every evil. …for thy love’s sake. Amen.

may y/our souls find replenishment & refuge & rest in the mercy & peace & grace of love eternal. amen.

be, o God, with & in & for & through us, season by season, day by day, hour by hour— in thy mercy. amen. #BillionPrayersForPeace

Heaven, help us… choose & pray & breathe truth & love & peace into this moment & lifetime & world. #BillionPrayersForPeace

may God bless grace & healing & peace & rest, tonight, everywhere we need it. Amen.

Begin, perhaps, with such gratitude as blesses from the inside out until thanksgiving bears fruit in humility, care & compassion, generosity, goodwill, neighborliness, and protection for the vulnerable.

Begin, perhaps, with such gratitude as blesses from the inside out until thanksgiving bears fruit in humility, care & compassion, generosity, goodwill, neighborliness, and protection for the vulnerable.

may y/our wounds be healed y/our hearts flow Spirit y/our souls bear grace y/our lives know love. amen.

holy One, tonight, bless thy children— especially the vulnerable & endangered— with thy protection thy mercy thy grace thy rest. Amen.

gather up, goodG•d, a worldful of souls into thy blessing thy mercy thy peace. hold & keep & tend & save & free & heal us. Amen.

give safety , give refuge , give rest. amen.