For anyone who’s ever searched for the right words to give expression to their prayers, whether in a forest or a temple, a church or in a traffic jam, we have just the thing for you.
Four prayers. Two minutes. Unlimited inspiration.
Diva Communications has produced a new series of web videos in conjunction with The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL) called: WISDOM OF THE PRAYERS.
WISDOM OF THE PRAYERS will be a resource for people of all faiths looking for the words to express their thoughts. Four, two-minute videos composed of evocative images, original scores, and the prayers’ texts on screen, will ensure that people of all faiths have a bank of prayers as a tool for their connection to a higher power.
WISDOM OF THE PRAYERS is funded by a grant from Odyssey Networks.
A Birthday Prayer
I am a year older today, God,
and my birthday wish is this: Let me keep growing.
I want to grow, God, not only in years but in strength, in wisdom, in love.
I want to gain patience,
I want to gain compassion and understanding.
This year, please help me to realize the potential You have placed inside me.
Thank You, God, for giving me precious life.
Amen.
A Prayer for Guidance
A Prayer for an Aging Parents
It’s so painful, God, to watch my parents begin to falter.
I have always counted on them,
and now they need to count on me.
I love my parents; I can’t stand the way our roles have reversed.
I don’t want to see them in their weakness.
I know this reversal is humiliating for them.
They don’t want to feel helpless or dependent.
But they need me now.
Help me, God, to rise to this critical occasion.
Show me how to care for my parents with respect, tenderness, and love.
Fill me with compassion and patience.
Shield me from anger and resentment.
Calm my fears, give me strength, God.
Help me to seek out relief and support when the burden is great.
Give them strength, God.
Bless them with dignity, grace, and health.
Amen.
–Rabbi Naomi Levi
A Prayer for Retirement
I am scared, God.
Who am I without a title? Without a schedule?
Without my job?
Teach me, God. Show me who I am.
Remind me that I am not my job, nor was I ever so.
Open my eyes to the beauty that surrounds me.
Open my arms to family members and friends I was always too busy to embrace.
Open my mind to the vast world of knowledge that lies before me.
Open my ears to the cries of those who desperately need my assistance.
Fill me with compassion, God.
Calm my fears.
Remind me that I am vital, that I am needed, that I am loved.
Teach me to embrace this precious freedom I have been granted.
For the first time in a long time I can choose to spend my days as I wish,
to explore whatever I wish, to travel wherever I wish.
Help me live this time wisely, God.
Lead me on the path to meaning, to satisfaction, to joy, to peace.
Stay with me, God. Let me know You are near.
Amen.
– Rabbi Naomi Levi