Hearing Cries in My Mother Tongue

I call upon you

Unnameable Source of All That Is,

God of Many Names,

Divine Spark of Life Within.

I call upon you in times when humanity seems to be lost,

and our planet is hurting.

I call on your Grace in times when

greedy and delusional leaders of this world

keep failing humanity,

failing the animals of the earth,

the animals of the sky,

the beings of the sea.

I call on your Mercy

as Mother Earth calls upon us, humans

to heal what we are still capable of healing.

I call on your Compassion

as our Father Sky calls upon us

to breathe in deeply

and do what we can

so all living creatures

are able to breathe also.

Divine Parent…

Source of All That Is…

I keep calling upon You

and we continue to call upon one another

to do the healing and liberating work

we humans

are more than capable of doing…

we just need to remain

willing and steadfast.

I keep calling upon You

as we continue to embody

the values we proclaim,

and may we

continue to risk

our privileges…

continue to risk

our unexamined comforts…

continue to sacrifice,

as in making it sacred,

the letting go of some of our luxuries,

for the sake of the survival

of our siblings

of all shapes,

forms, and conditions.

We lift our siblings in Palestine,

in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

in Sudan, Lebanon, Syria,

Cuba, Venezuela, Guatemala…

We lift the Immigrant Community in LA,

Texas, Florida, all around this Country

being hunted down,

scapegoated and terrorized by our own government…

being terrorized…

Our Trans community and families,

and our medical teams scrambling to provide care,

wellbeing, shelter, and assurance…

We‘ll continue to gather the prayers

that are just too painful to name,

as well as the joys, the blessings

the little miracles,

the big miracles,

and the things we are still trying to figure out…

May All Sentient Beings

Be happy.

May All Sentient Beings

be free from suffering

and the root of suffering.

May we be the answers to our prayers,

The prayers of others

With Divine assistance

of Community,

of Eternal love,

of Empathy and Compassion.

Salaam, Shalom,

Axé, Blessed be,

Amém!

note: photos of the art collab compossion by rev from contributions by Kristi Crowding, Fritz Blaw, Fist Unitarian Church of Philladelphia youth and various congregants that participated on the May 25, 2025 service on Art for Joy+Resitance.