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Everyone knows we need to have mud for lotuses to grow. The mud doesn’t smell so good, but the lotus flower smells very good. If you don’t have mud, the lotus won’t manifest. You can’t grow lotus flowers on marble. Without mud, there can be no lotus. Today’s breath prayer: no mud/no lotus Image from Kendra Denny. Words from Thich Nhat Hanh #fromthecollection #nomudnolotus #kendradenny #thichnhathanh #artasprayer #breathprayer #portiunculaguild

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Then let us, with the Spirit’s daring, Step from the past and leave behind Our disappointment, guilt and grieving, Seeking new paths, and sure to find. Today's breath prayer: Veni/Sancte Spiritus Image from Patrick Ellis. Words from Brian Wren #fromthecollection #pentecost #comeholyspirit #venisanctespiritus #breathprayer #patrickellis #brianwren #portiunculaguild

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A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more. Jeremiah 31:15 Until the killing of black men, black mother’s sons becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of white mother’s sons, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens. Ella Baker (1964) Today’s breath prayer: cannot/rest Images from Mickey McGrath, Richard Cole, and Annis McCabe/Words from Jeremiah and Ella Baker #fromthecollection #lamentation #georgefloyd #somanyothers #ellabaker #howlongohlord #wewhobelieveinfreedom #breathprayer #portiunculaguild

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Prayer, like poetry – like breath, like our own names – has a fundamental rhythm in our bodies. It changes, it adapts, it varies from the canon, it sings, it swears, it is syncopated by the rhythm underneath the rhythm, the love underneath the love, the rhyme underneath the rhyme, the name underneath the name, the welcome underneath the welcome, the prayer beneath the prayer. Today’s breath prayer: the prayer/beneath the prayer Image by Suzanne Paddock/Words by Padraig O Tuama #fromthecollection #suzannevpaddock @suzanne.paddock.art #padraigotuama @padraigotuama #embodiedprayer #breathprayer #artasprayer #portiunculaguild

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From the skies and the stars This echo arrived inside you And started to pulse with life, Each beat a tiny act of growth Traversing all our ancient shapes On its way home to itself. Today’s breath prayer: new/life Image by Kathy Keler/Words by John O’Donohue #fromthecollection #portiunculaguild #kathykeler #johnodonohue #breathprayer #artasprayer

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To come home to yourself: May all that is unforgiven in you be released. May your fear yield their deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in you blossom into future graced with love. Today’s breath prayer: graced/with love Image by Eric Kjeseth/Words by John O’ Donohue #fromthecollection #erickjeseth @erickjeseth #johnodonohue #breathprayer #artasprayer #portiunculaguild

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Canticle of the Turning - My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the fires of your justice burn. Wipe away all tears for the dawn draws near and the world is about to turn. Today’s breath prayer: fire/burn Words by Rory Cooney. Art by Tom Xenakis #fromthecollection #portiunculaguild #thomasxenakis #rorycooney #breathprayer #artasprayer

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Come, O Thou Traveler unknown, Whom still I hold but cannot see; My company before is gone, And I am left alone with Thee; With Thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day. Today's breath prayer: name/me. Art by Mary Grace Thul. Words by Charles Wesley #fromthecollection #portiunculaguild #breathprayer #jacobwrestlingtheangel

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This is a day of new beginnings, Time to remember and move on, Time to believe what love is bringing, Laying to rest the pain that’s gone. Art by Deborah Sokolove @dsyakushiji #fromthecollection #artilove #portiunculaguild

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