Prayer to The Denizens of the Cosmos

I watched "Good Night Oppy" with Rev. William the other day, and I was utterly inspired. After spending hours combing through photos from the James Webb Telescope, this documentary opened my heart even more to the forces of Order and Chaos that swirl about in space. So many of the images seem to have hands, fingers, faces. I cannot help but feel in my heart that the Divine--a word we use to describe that which is far bigger, more eternal, and yet affecting us here in the middle realm--is tangibly real. During #PrayerADay, I wanted to say a prayer to those beings, far beyond our comprehension and millions of lightyears away, to let them know I see them and know they are there. 

Denizens of the Cosmos,

We seek for you still. 

We sought for you when we charted

the movement of the stars. 

We sought you when we configured watch glasses to allow us to see further into the night sky. 

We sought you with telescopes, satellites, and rockets launched into space,

And we seek you still. 

One thing is certain, 

We seek and will keep seeking,

Because we know in our heart-of-hearts that 

We are not alone. 

 

Photo Credit: NASA James Webb Telescope
Pillars of Creation (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Image)

2022 Prayer a Day Challenge

 For 2022, I am participating the November #PrayerADay challenge. For the entire month of November, I have committed to write a prayer a day that aligns with my vocation as a priest and my path as a pagan. 

One of my prayers this month was to the Spirit of Inspiration (see text below). This prayer is meaningful to me as an example of my internal call to those powers that grant us inspired words for prayers, writing, speaking, and creating more formal works such as poetry and song in praise of the Kindreds. 

May these words bring inspiration to your works and your hearts!

Image of the rosy dawn on the front range rocky mountains:

We call to those who bring us inspiration. 

As we seek to create, to bring into life new works of art, of song, of speech, of kitchen craft, 

We make offerings to you.

Inspire our minds with plans for our works.

Plant the seeds of songs and poems in our hearts.

Grant us ideas for writing, for speaking, for building.

Guide our senses to new tastes and scents,

And open our hearts to share what we have created

That we may share this joy with those around us. 

Hail to thee, bringers of Inspiration!

Hail to thee, guiders of intellect!

Hail to thee, whose strength and dexterity blesses our hands.

Beings of Creativity, we honor you.