| Grandfather, Great Spirit |
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| Written by Brenda Shoop | |
| Friday, 04 April 2008 | |
 Grandfather, Great Spiritby Red Tree Woman Lakota Tribe Grandfather, Great Spirit I give you thanks That we can sit here In this circle of Life, We send Prayers And the very best thoughts Grandmother Great Spirit As we raise this sacred pipe To give thanks to you And to all of your Creation, We give thanks To the spirit helpers Who came and sat among us. Grandfather, Most sacred one, Grandfather your children are dying. The hands of greed And the hands of lust for power Have been laid on them And all around is death and desolation The gifts you made, for all your children Stolen, And laid to waste In a monstrous desecration. Grandmother Great Spirit, As we sit and pray together We send you this prayer of affirmation- We your children whom you created in your likeness and image- We will reach out, And we will dry our tears And heal the hurts of each other. Our sisters and brothers are hurting bad, And our children, they see no future. We know Grandfather, that you gave us a sacred power, But it seems like we don't know its purpose So now we've learned as we sat together, The name of that power is love, Invincible, irresistible, overwhelming power, This power you gave us we are going to use, We'll dry the tears of those who cry And heal the hurts of them that are hurting. Yes Grandmother, We'll give you our hands And in our hearts and minds and bodies We dedicate our lives to affirmation. We will not wait nor hesitate, As we walk on this sacred earth We will learn together to celebrate The ways of peace, and harmony, and tranquillity, That come,And in the world around us. Thank you Grandfather for this prayer. |
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