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Guidance Prayer For School Teachers and Staff
O Beloved Creator Spirit
Assist us in placing
Our care and attention
To nudging the life
That surrounds us
Towards harmony, health and wholeness.
Guide us in nurturing and protecting
The growing tree,
The unfurling leaf,
The healing wound,
The young one stumbling then walking
then joyfully running and dancing,
The butterfly emerging
from its chrysali
O Beloved Creator Spirit
Assist us in placing
Our care and attention
To nudging the life
That surrounds us
Towards harmony, health and wholeness.
Guide us in nurturing and protecting
The growing tree,
The unfurling leaf,
The healing wound,
The young one stumbling then walking
then joyfully running and dancing,
The butterfly emerging
from its chrysalis,
The new delicate growth
of healthy connection,
The nestling flying free,
Wherever that arises
And whenever that
Intersects our path.
Challenge us to avoid
Putting our Time and Attention
To thoughts and actions
That engender
Fear and frozen-ness
Apathy, hopelessness and despair
Destructive anger and bitterness
In all their myriad forms.
Thanks be to you
O Greatly Beloved One
Who guides and protects
Us all.
-through the pen of Nancy Joan Brighid neé Muire