CRITICAL PRAYERS OF REPARATION FOR OUR TIME

CRITICAL PRAYERS OF REPARATION FOR OUR TIME

The first to work definitely to lift up the gates of ignorance and inculcate the constructive principles of the Law of Life should be those whose consciousness can grasp and realise that love, compassion, justice, co-operation, and all constructive forces neutralise and transmute the evil that the terrible rising tide of unrest, selfishness, racial and class antagonism, labour troubles and religious bigotry and intolerance among individuals, classes and nations may be so transmuted, or at least turned aside, that it will not find expression in a new series of armed conflicts and bloodshed.

The uniting of thousands of hearts and minds to this definite end should generate a great current of dynamic spiritual force sweeping continuously around the world and help in opening wide the everlasting doors and preparing for the quick coming of the King of Glory, not only into our own hearts and lives but into the lives of nations and humanity as a whole.

Repeat morning, noon and night—or oftener—but at least at noon each day, the following Prayer, for World Harmony, with a deep heartfelt realisation of its significance, and a scientific understanding of its dynamic psychological power to awaken and stimulate into action every germ of good in the hearts of mankind.

It is noon somewhere every minute of the day, which, like a refreshing breeze, should cool the heat of conflicting interests and blow off the karmic dust of the past, which is settling upon and blinding individuals and nations to the Law of Life—harmony and co-operation.

See the Radiance, which this Prayer invokes, dispelling the clouds of inharmony, as the Sun dispels the fog, and stimulating the growth of the good in each heart, as the Sun stimulates the growth of the sprout when the fog has been dispelled and the Sun can carry on its constructive work.

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PRAYER FOR WORLD HARMONY

Glory and honour and worship be unto Thee, 0 Lord Christ,

Thou who art the Life and Light of all mankind!

Thou art the King of Glory

To whom all the peoples of the Earth should give joyful allegiance and service.

Inspire mankind with a realisation of true Brotherhood.

Teach us the wisdom of peace, harmony and co-operation.

Breathe into our hearts the understanding that only as we see ourselves—

As parts of the one body of humanity—

Can peace, harmony, success and plenty descend upon us.

Help us to conquer all manifestations

Of inharmony and evil in ourselves and in the world.

Bless us all with the Radiance of Thy Divine Love and Wisdom

That we may ever worship Thee in the beauty of holiness.

In the Name of the Living Christ, we ask it.

Amen

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PRAYER FOR LIGHT

0 Christ! Light Thou within my heart

The Flame of Divine Love and Wisdom,

That I may dwell forever in the radiance of Thy countenance

And rest in the Light of Thy smile!

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MORNING PRAYER

I have within me the power of Christ!

I can conquer all that comes to me today!

I am strong enough to bear every trial

And accept every joy

And to say

Thy perfect will be done!

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HEALING PRAYER

0 thou loving and helpful Master Jesus!

Thou who gavest to Thy disciples power to heal the sick!

We, recognising Thee, and realising Thy divine Presence with us,

Ask Thee to lay Thy hands upon us in healing Love.

Cleanse US from all OUR sins,

And by the divine power of Omnipotent Life,

Drive out the atoms of inharmony and disease,

And fill our bodies full to overflowing with Life and Love and Purity.

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PRAYER FOR PROTECTION

O, Christ!

Surround and fill me with the Flame of Divine Love and Wisdom,

That it may purify, illumine and guide us in all things.

May its Spiritual Fire form a rampart of Living Flame around me

To protect us from all harm.

May it radiate to every heart, consuming all evil and intensifying all good.

In the name of the Living Christ!

Amen

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PRAYER OF DEMONSTRATION

I am a child of the Living God!

I have within me the all-creating power of Christ!

It radiates from me and blesses all I contact.

It is my Health, my Strength, my Courage,

My Patience, my Peace, my Poise,

My Power, my Wisdom, my Understanding,

My Joy, my Inspiration, and my Abundant Supply.

Unto this great Power, I entrust all my problems,

Knowing they will be solved in Love and Justice.

Mention all problems connected with your worldly affairs, visualise each and conclude with the following words—

O, Lord Christ!

I have laid upon Thy altar all my wants and desires.

I know Thy Love, Thy Wisdom, Thy Power and Thy Graciousness.

In Thee I peacefully rest, knowing that all is well.

For Thy perfect will is my will.

Amen

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PRAYER TO THE DIVINE INDWELLER

Come, 0 Lord of Life and Love and Beauty!

Thou who art myself and yet art God!

And dwell in this body of flesh,

Radiating all the beauty and holiness and perfection,

That the flesh may out-picture all that Thou art within!

Even so come, O Lord.

Amen

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PRAYER TO THE DIVINE MOTHER

O, Divine Mother!

Illumine me with Divine Wisdom,

Vivify me with Divine Life

Purify me with Divine Love,

That, in all I think and say and do,

I may be Thy perfect child.

Amen

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GRACE AT MEALS

I am a creator.

By the power of my spiritualised will

I consciously gather all the forces from this food,

And use them to create health, strength and harmony in all my bodies.

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SUNSET PRAYER

As the physical sun

Disappears from our sight,

May the Spiritual Sun

Arise in our hearts,

Illumine our minds,

And shed its radiant blessing

Upon all we contact.

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Harriette Augusta Curtiss, F. Homer Curtiss, Letters from the Teacher, Volume II, Universal Religious Fellowship Inc.,  Curtiss Book Company, California, 1924