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Life
gives life
which gives unto itself
a promise of new life
Hail
the Great Spirit, The Earth, the wind, the fire
praise my parents loudly
for they are your parents, too
Oh,
Great Spirit, giver of my life
please accept this humble offering of prayer
this offering of praise
this honest reverence of my love for you.
Wae
Wae Non Ne Mot, Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin
"The
Creator above is the Great Spirit and the Great Mystery, His gifts
are plentiful
therefore you want not. He holds out a branch of love and protection
and He
draws you to where the ground is undisturbed, where the air is pure
and the
water is clear and clean enough to give life. You walk, you breathe,
you feed,
for you are pleasured. The times when your heart is weak, your
circle is out
of balance, He lifts you up again and draws you to the good
Menominee road,
for He is strength and wisdom."
(part
of The Menominee Version of the 23rd Psalm)
Black
Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
"Grandfather,
Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my
feeble voice.
You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all
prayer. All
things belong to you -- the two-legged, the four-legged, the wings
of the
air, and all green things that live.
"You
have set the powers of the four quarters of the earth to cross each
other.
You have made me cross the good road and road of difficulties, and
where they
cross, the place is holy. Day in, day out, forevermore, you are the
life of
things."
Big Thunder (Bedagi), late 19th century Algonquin
"The
Great Spirit is in all things, is in the air we breathe. The Great
Spirit
is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us; that
which we
put into the ground, She returns to us...."
Give us hearts to understand;
Never to take from creation's beauty more than we give;
never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed;
Never to deny to give our hands for the building of earth's
beauty;
never to take from her what we cannot use.
Give us hearts to understand
That to destroy earth's music is to create confusion;
that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty;
That to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of
stench;
that as we care for her she will care for us.
We have forgotten who we are.
We have
sought only our own security.
We have exploited simply for our own ends.
We have distorted our knowledge.
We have abused our power.
Great Spirit, whose dry lands thirst,
Help us to find the way to refresh your lands.
Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris and
pollution,
help us to find the way to cleanse your waters.
Great Spirit, whose beautiful earth grows ugly with misuse,
help us to find the way to restore beauty to your handiwork.
Great Spirit, whose creatures are being destroyed,
help us to find a way to replenish them.
Great Spirit, whose gifts to us are being lost in selfishness
and corruption,
help us to find the way to restore our humanity.
Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind,
whose breath gives life to the world, hear me;
I need your strength and wisdom.
May I walk in Beauty.
Earth
Healing Ceremony
by:
Medicine Grizzly Bear
O Great
Creator,
I come before you in a humble manner
and offer you this sacred pipe. With tears in my eyes and an ancient song from my heart I pray.To the
four powers of Creation,
To the Grandfather Sun,
To the Grandmother Moon,
To the Mother Earth, And to my ancestors.I pray
for my relations in Nature, All those who walk, crawl, fly, and swim, seen and unseen, to the good spirits that exist in every part of Creation. I ask
that you bless our elders and children and families and friends,
And the brothers and sisters in prison.
I pray for the ones who are sick on drugs and alcohol, and for those homeless and forlorn.
I also pray for peace among the four races of humankind.
May
there be good health and healing for this Earth,
May there be Beauty above me,
May there be Beauty below me,
May there be Beauty in me,
May there be Beauty around me.
I ask that this world be filled with Peace, Love and Beauty.
Spokane, Washington, 1990