Life Prayers : From Around the World : 365 Prayers, Blessings, and Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Roberts (Author), Elias Amidon (Author) "THE saying of the great Yes! is the root of all life prayers, and so we begin this book with the prayers of Yes!-with affirmation..." (more)
Key Phrases: five awarenesses, let freedom ring, Earth Goddess, May God, Native American (more...)

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"This delicious collection of prayers is a celebration of wisdom and blessing for all life's passages. The luminous words of comfort, insight, and joy will be a treasured companion that will travel with you through all the bright days and dark nights of the Earthwalk." -- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Fire In The Soul

"This treasury of wise and loving words is a rich collection of poetry that inspires and teaches us." -- Joan Halifax, author of The Fruitful Darkness

Product Description
An eloquent anthology honoring the wonders and challenges of life on earth and celebrating the seasons of our lives.

The mysteries and delights of life on earth are illuminated in this richly eclectic collection of poetry, wisdom, prayers, and blessings from thinkers and writers around the world. Here you will find the poetry of Hildgard of Bingen and Gary Snyder; the political wisdom of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, Jr.; a treasury of women's prayers, classical verse from China and Japan; and beautiful chants and prayers by Native Americans. A joyous affirmation of the human journey in all its forms, in all its struggles and glories.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; 1 edition (May 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006251377X
• ISBN-13: 978-0062513779
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,938 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A multi-traditional treasury celebrating our life journey, October 9, 1999

By	Barbara A. Bolek (Hamtramck, MI USA) - See all my reviews

Those who have bought the editor's first volume, Earth Prayers will not be disappointed with this second collection of inspirational poems, prayers, chants, blessings, and invocations from around the world, from some of the most visionary thinkers, both past and present. This book has a truly impressive range of material.

This collection celebrates life and the life cycle. The selections are subdivided by categories: affirmations/invocations to life in general, honoring a kinship with all life, dark night of the soul, prayers for solidarity and justice, womensprayers, birth, coming of age, courtship, marriage, healing, mid-life, growing old, death, moments of grace and illumination, and praises for the earth. This is a great resource for those involved in running ecumenical services of any sort, any group that uses affirmations as part of it's groupwork, and for individuals who wish to make prayer a part of their daily lives. If you see the sacred in all things and are looking for something more than one religious traditions' teachings have to offer, this multicultural prayerbook is for you.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A generous serving of gratitude, December 8, 1999

By	Kelly Powers ([e-mail]) "kelly12890" (Tallahassee, Florida) - See all my reviews

I am always on the lookout for any reminder of the beauty and wonder of living. In Life Prayers, I found a generous serving. Here is a book to carry you through the ordinary days of living and the not so ordinary times in life when we are caught off guard and lose our way. This eclectic mix of prayers, blessings and affirmations, will help you find your way back to a heart of gratitude. Its very earthy quality, carries on the tradition of reverence for all life which was started in the first book: "Earth Prayers". Here is a warm gift to give others who are just beginning their spiritual journey, as well as for those of us who have been walking the path for awhile now. If you enjoyed such books as Jon Kabat-Zinn's"Wherever You Go There You Are" or Andrew Harvey's "Light Upon Light" then you will love Life Prayers. Early on in "Life Prayers" there is this reminder: "Empower me to be a bold participant, rather than a timid saint in waiting, in the difficult ordinariness of now;" This book is not aimed at anyone spiritual or religious outlook. It is a reminder of the beauty to be found in our daily living. Many of these are sweet pieces I have never seen before, and some and like old friends. "May those whose lives are gripped in the palm of suffering open even now to the Wonder of Life. May they let go of the hurt and Meet the True Self beyond pain, the Uncarved Block that is our joyous Unity with Holiness...." There are prayers and affirmations, meditations and reminders, enough to read a new one every day of the year, but I think you will find that you can't read just one a day. I encourage you to give this gift to yourself.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book of Prayers, October 23, 2004

By	Irish Miss "Irish Miss" (Allison Park, PA United States) - See all my reviews

I buy other books of prayer and keep coming back to this one. Beautiful collection and variety of prayers.