The Holiness of the Mountaintop

January 8, 2012

Today, members of St. James Episcopal Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, are praying for creation…
 

From Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mountains

Teach us, O Lord, to listen to the Earth, our mother.

Grant us the wisdom and will to preserve all your creation, restoring to wholeness everywhere that we have carelessly left our mark.

Especially, Lord, we pray for the Appalachian mountains. Guide us in your will to defend their sanctity. For just as Abraham, Moses, Elijah and all your saints and prophets met you on the holiness of the mountaintop, we do also name our mountains “holy,” claiming our right to defend them from all who seek their harm and destruction.

And yet, we pray also for those people, that they may find meaningful employment without destroying your creation

Lord, in your mercy

Hear our prayer.

Amen.
 
 

DAY 17 of the 40 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR OUR MOUNTAINS

December Sunset

Day 17 of the 40 Days of Prayer

from LEAF 

December 18, 2011

Today, Steve Ferguson and members of Community Church, Mountain City, Tennessee, are praying for creation…

O Blessed Christ
Precious treasury of compassion,
Bestower of supreme inner peace,

You who love all beings without exception,
Are the source of happiness and goodness,
Creator of this universe whose speech is supreme, a purifying nectar,
And your love a refuge for all living things.

Lead us to awakening.

With folded hands we turn to you,
Supreme unchanging friend,
We request from the depths of our hearts:

Please give us the light of your wisdom,
To dispel the darkness of our minds
And to heal the destruction of our greed and insensitivity
Towards your delicate creation.

Please nourish us with your goodness,
That we in turn, will nourish all beings
With a bounty of unceasing gratefulness,

Through your compassionate intention,
Your blessings and virtuous deeds,
And a strong willingness to rely on you,

May all the useless destruction of sacred creation cease,
And all happiness and joy return,
To all of God's mountains, rivers and streams.
That all living things be cherished again,
Upon your earth,
And in the hearts of men.

Amen.



LEAF