Children of the Earth Peace Medicine

Peace Medicine

“Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.”

Tenzin Gyatso (the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet)

CHILDREN-OF-THE-EARTH SITEKEEPER

LEARN LOVE

A Canticle

Learn Love from Mother Earth!

Let us take part in her rebirth.

Holy is she; holy are we: All One.

Love unites us with the Sky,

Father of all who live and die.

Holy is he; holy are we: All One.

Flowing Love is Sister Water,

Father Sky’s immortal daughter.

Holy is she; holy are we: All One.

Breathing Love is Brother Wind,

Bringing life with no end.

Holy is he; holy are we: All One.

Praise be to Grandfather Sun!

By his fire our life is run.

Holy is he; holy are we: All One.

Praise be to Grandmother Moon,

Keeping time, keeping tune.

Holy is she; holy are we: All One.

“We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future…to

move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms

we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to

bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights,

economic justice, and culture of peace.”

from The Earth Charter

Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is discord, union;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is darkness, light;

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

Grant that I may not so much seek

To be consoled, as to console;

To be understood, as to understand;

To be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

And it is in dying that we are born for eternal life.

Francis of Assisi

Your food shall be your medicine and your medicine shall be your food.

Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)