Come to live on country, the Spirit came.
The star shone to show the light on land. In this place, the place of the ................................. peoples,
we celebrate the connection between spirit and land.
Today they come together. As Christmas peoples, we see valleys raised and mountains made low. We see love poured out in a child and by those who are children of country. We honour the story of birth, death and resurrection of the first peoples who long to honour the stories of dreaming. We bring ourselves respectfully to the traditional peoples of this land,
praying in wonder and hope, that hope, peace, joy and love may be reborn And become the reality of heaven on earth in this place. May Christ’s gift of peace and presence show us how to live in harmony with this land and with one another.
Place is sacred. Of earth we are made, yet not all earth is the same.
Today, we pay respect to those of this place, of this earth - the .................... people.
We give thanks for their connection with country.
We give thanks for the skies that watch over this place and the waters that lie below.
We pray for those who care for this land, the oceans and rivers, the creatures that live here.
We pray for the wisdom that is carried from generation to generation.
We pray for the space to listen and appreciate the sacred stories.
We bring our ears and our eyes, our gentle footsteps and our willingness to sit and wait.
We bring stories to share and wonder for the stories we will learn.
We acknowledge the ....................... people, their Elders and kin,
those who have gone before and those who are yet to come.
Thanks Amelia
ReplyDeletePlace is sacred, earth is sacred, so are it's people and all that inhabit this sacred space. Thank you Emelia for this powerful reminder of the sacredness of space. Have a blessed festive season
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