An Invocation for the Innocents
Even as we celebrate our own joy, let us offer an invocation for all who have not yet found their paths to happiness.
May all who suffer undeserved pain
(for all pain is undeserved),
who unwittingly fall into strife
(for all strife is unwitting),
who wrestle with nightmare monsters
(for all evil is an unreal masquerade)
find comfort, healing and peace.
May all who suffer misery awaken. May all who live with falsehood find truth. May all hardness be met with mercy and all harshness be soothed by kind hands.
May those who are caught in arrogance be humbled. May those who think themselves low find their worth. May those who are forgotten be recognized. May the alienated find belonging and the lonely find friends.
May our darkness give way to light, our doubt be turned to faith, our fear to strength, and our confusion to understanding. May we be touched by grace, opened to beauty, moved by goodness and surrendered to love.
For we all are children of the universe, of the illimitable, omnipresent Yes. May we know its truth and dance in its glad song.
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