"Just For A Moment" Prayer

Photo by Karen Wood

Oh, Holy One!

Just for a moment ~

Strip away my thoughts,

My desires,

My longings,

My daydreams,

My fantasies.

Peel back my emotions

So I no longer feel sad or lonely,

Energetic or tired,

Happy or joyful.

Steal back sensations

So I no longer hear,

See,

Feel,

Taste,

Smell, or

Sense.

Take away my identity,

My occupation,

My hobbies,

My life pursuits.

Remove me from my family,

My children,

My parents,

My siblings,

My extended relations.

Separate me

From all friends.

Unravel me

Until there is nothing left of me ~

Until I am laid completely and utterly bare

Before You.

In that moment, Oh, Holy One!

May I see myself as You see me.

May I see Myself

When I gaze into You.

In that moment, Oh, Holy One!

May I know the One within myself

Who Is

All Friends,

All Families,

All Sensations,

All Emotions,

All Thoughts,

All Desires,

All Identities,

The All in All.

May it be just for a moment ~

Or for the rest of my life.

~ By Karen Wood

In Your Holy Womb

Photo by Karen Wood

(Rose Window ~ Avila, Spain)

In Your Holy Womb,

Divine Mother,

I am not yet ~

I am about to be ~

I am not quite ready ~

I am still unfolding myself.

You still feed me,

Providing my entire life sustenance ...

You still hold me,

Carrying me securely within Your Being.

You are still forming me,

Impressing Your stamp of Divine Identity

Upon my every cell ~

Even marking my Soul

As sacred and holy.

I am yet to Be.

Still, within Your Holy Womb,

I am already

All That Is.

As You birth me, Divine Mother ~

May I be outside Your womb

True to That which I was

Inside Your Holy Nest.

May I ever be mindful

Of my sacred bloodline.

And may I seek solely

To bring honor, love and gratitude

As the only gifts worthy

Of such a Divine Parent.

~ By Karen Wood

Entering the Divine Womb

(Photo by Karen Wood)

I enter Your Holy Womb,

Divine Mother,

And sink deep into prayer

In Your sacred, dark, feminine nest.

May I always hear Your Voice there

Along with Your Loving Heartbeat.

May I always be strengthened ~

Nourished by the Wisdom

That feeds my Soul there.

May I always find rest for my journey

Cradled within Your waiting belly.

And may I ever heed the calls

You whisper to me ...

And carry forth the songs

You sing to me there.

~ By Karen Wood