PRAYER FOR THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
Great Spirit, we come to you tonight with
broken hearts as we witness the devastating
fires ravaging the Amazon
Rainforest.
We are so sorry that our brothers and
sisters in South America are experiencing
such economic need that they view the
rainforest merely as a resource for their
survival.
We are sorry that corporations from the
United States and around the world are
exploiting the rainforest for profit over
the well-being of people and our precious
planet.
We are sorry, too, for the ways in which we
ourselves have contributed to this
devastation, knowingly or unwittingly,
through our demand for products sourced in
the Amazon Rainforest.
Please forgive us. We thank you for your
loving patience with us as we work to raise
our awareness and become better caretakers
of our Mother Earth.
Tonight, we dance our prayer for healing;
the healing of the trees, plants, animals,
reptiles, insects, birds and human beings
that have been harmed or injured in these
fires. Please heal and restore well-being
to those whose lives have been
impacted.
We dance our prayer for those beings who
perished in the fires. Please grant them an
honorable closure to their earthly
lives.
Lastly, we dance our prayer for great rain;
cooling, nourishing rain that quells the
fires, clears the air and begins the
natural restoration of the land;
life-giving rain that offers us a bit more
time to raise our consciousness as a world
community so that we may be more
responsible stewards of this beautiful
planet we call home.
Thank you, Great Spirit, for hearing our
prayers.
~Sonya Jason