earth prayers

Today, I felt like praying
       while sitting outside on the grass
       while the sun was shining on my skin and illuminating my heart
Today, I felt like I could sit and contemplate for a long time
      while silently showing appreciation to Mother Earth and all nurturing energies in the universe
You allow me to renew, to feel refreshed and be whole
Thank you Mother Earth and Mother Moon...

These are some of my favorite earth prayers

Teach your children
what we have our children
that the earth is our mother.
Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters of the earth.
If men [and women] spit upon the ground,
They spit upon themselves.

This we know
The earth does not belong to us
We belong to the earth.
This we know
All things are connected
like the blood which unites one family
All things are connected

Whatever befalls the earth 

befalls the sons and daughters of the earth

We did not weave the web of life;

We are merely a strand in it

Whatever we do to the web 

We do to ourselves...

            Chief Seatlle

Earth Mother, Star Mother

You Who are called 

       by a thousand names

May all remember

       we are cells in your body

       and dance together

You are the grain

       and the loaf

That sustains us each day,

And as you are patient

       with our struggles to learn

So shall we be patient

       with ourselves and each other.

We are radiant light

       and sacred dark

       -the balance-

You are the embrace that heartens

And the freedom beyond fear.

Within you are born

       we grow, live and die

You bring us around the circle 

       to rebirth

Within us you dance

      forever

                            Starhawk

The mountains, I become part of it
The herbs, the fir tree, I become part of it
The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, I become part of it
The wilderness, the dew drops, the pollen... I become part of it

Navajo Chant