A traditional religious response in times of trouble is to pray. Not in expectation of divine intervention, instead it’s a way of expressing pain, recognising our shared humanity and dreaming of a hopeful future lived within the Earth, the only home we have.
At one of the workshops during the ‘Let’s Pray – Kia inoi Tatou’ symposium hosted by the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North, participants were asked to pray the news in five minutes on one post-it-note after reflecting on a photo depicting the riots in London, while listening to Mahler’s symphony number 5.
Click here to read 15 prayers from that workshop
Click here to read more prayers from the Symposium
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Spirited Crone
Image: Brimming Over