Judy Carman, Circle of Compassion
A Prayer a Day for the Animals
Thank you, Monique, one of our wonderful members of the Prayer Circle, for suggesting this prayer for each day.
A little note from Judy about these prayers: It was a deeply emotional experience to write these prayers. I didn’t make it through without crying. It’s so hard to face the details of their suffering. Please don’t feel you have to use these prayers if you find them too painful. You certainly are welcome to make up your own or just read the titles. It is the intention that sends out the power of love from your heart. However, if you can read them or parts of them, remember, your emotion, your passion does increase the power of your prayers, because you are so focused on the subject. Please find comfort in knowing that your love alone, all by itself, without words, is more powerful than anything else in the universe.
Monday: Today, let us send our prayers to all farmed
animals.
May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all farmed animals—Dear
ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens; cows, pigs, lambs, bison, elk, deer, and
all of you who are suffering today in tiny cages or crowded into feedlots,
being beaten, fed poisoned and unnatural food, and for those of you
languishing without water or food on trucks or entering the slaughterhouses.
We bear witness to your suffering, we take action to permanently end it, and
we continually send out an energy field of love and compassion to comfort
you and to transform the hearts and souls of those who support this violent
oppression. We send our tears and our prayers on wings of love to you.
Divine Love is all around you. Compassion encircles the earth for each of
you and for all beings.
Tuesday: Today let us send our prayers to all the
“companion animals” suffering homelessness, abuse, and/or lives in breeding
mills.
May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all “companion animals”
who are suffering at the hands of human beings. Dear dogs, cats, horses,
guinea pigs, rabbits, snakes, mice, turtles, birds, ferrets, sugar gliders,
frogs, and so many others. We pray for you that you may have peace and joy
in this precious life of yours. Some of you want to live free of human
interference, and some of you truly want to be part of your human family. We
bear witness to your suffering; we do what we can to end your suffering and
to encourage others to do the same; and we continually send out an energy
field of love and compassion to comfort you and to transform the hearts and
souls of those who support the cruelty and oppression of each of you. Divine
Love and our love is all around you. Compassion encircles the earth for each
of you and for all beings.
Wednesday: Today let us send our prayers to all animals vivisected in laboratories and classrooms. May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all animals used for experiments. Dear primates, dogs, cats, mice; rats, pigs, lambs, rabbits, frogs, and all of you who are imprisoned in cages, tortured in useless experiments, separated from your loved ones, and suffering constant pain, fear, and loneliness, sometimes for many long years. Dear ones, we bear witness to your suffering, we take action to permanently end it, and we continually send out an energy field of love and compassion to comfort you and to transform the hearts and souls of those who support this violent oppression. We send our tears and our prayers on wings of love to you. Divine Love is all around you. Compassion encircles the earth for each of you and for all beings.
Thursday: Today let us send our prayers and love to all
aquatic animals.
May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all the water beings
living in the seas, lakes, and rivers. Dear fish, whales, dolphins, crabs,
lobsters, starfish, jellyfish, shrimp, coral, and all the other amazing
beings who make the waters of earth their home. Your homes and your very
lives are being devastated by huge fishing fleets, by trash, oil, sewage,
runoff, and other poisons dumped into your waters, by cutting off your fins,
and by capturing you and your loved ones for aquariums and the pet trade.
Together, we bear witness to your suffering, take action to end it
permanently, and send out an energy field of love and compassion to comfort
you and to transform the hearts and souls of those who support this violent
oppression. Divine Love and our love is all around you. Compassion encircles
the earth for each of you and for all beings.
Friday: Prayers for wild animals being trapped, hunted,
caged and/or killed for fur, flesh, leather, trophies, the pet trade, etc.,
and for wild animals being forced into stress and extinction due to loss of
habitat.
May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all the beings of the
wilderness. Dear bears, foxes, cougars, deer, alligators, wild horses,
prairie dogs, primates, mink, bison, beavers, elephants, birds, fish,
whales, and all the other magnificent beings born in freedom and suffering
now at the hands of human beings, living in fear of human beings, and
mourning the loss of loved ones who have been tortured and either imprisoned
or killed. Together, we bear witness to your suffering, take action to end
it forever, and send out an energy field of love and compassion to comfort
you and to transform the hearts and souls of those who support the violent
oppression of all of you. We send our tears and prayers on wings of love to
you. Divine Love and our love is all around you. Compassion encircles the
earth for each of you and for all beings.
Saturday: Prayers for animals enslaved in entertainment
and work, such as, zoos, circuses, rodeos, aquariums, theme parks, canned
hunts, carriage rides, carrying of heavy burdens, and pulling of plows.
May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all the beings used in
the human entertainment industry. Dear animals forced to carry heavy loads,
dolphins, whales, horses, bulls, elephants, bears, lambs, pigs, sea otters,
fish, elks, deer, rhinos, hippos, alligators, snakes, polar bears, lions,
tigers, gorillas, chimpanzees, and all of you who are incarcerated and/or
forced to work under heavy loads when you want your freedom so much; who
remember your parents being killed so that you could be captured; who are
forced often with whips, chains, and electric prods to perform unnatural
tricks; who are treated without respecting the dignity of your true
nature. Together, we bear witness to your suffering, take action to bring it
to a permanent end, and send out our energy field of love and compassion to
comfort you and to transform the hearts and souls of those who support the
violent oppression of all of you. Divine Love and our love is all around
you. Compassion encircles the earth for each of you and for all beings.
Sunday: Prayers for the nations of insects and other
small creatures.
May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all the tiny beings who
live in the soil, the trees, the water, and the air, creating harmony and
balance with your songs, your pollinating of flowers, your graceful flight,
your mysterious transformations, and your miraculous ability to literally
create soil in which new plants can take root. Dear dragonflies, bees,
wasps, butterflies, mosquitoes, moths, beetles, cicadas, crickets, spiders,
ants, and all of you who suffer immeasurably at the hands of people who do
not understand the miracle of who you are, who poison you, stomp on you, and
destroy your homes. You are so small, and many of us who do care about you
find ourselves bringing you harm. We ask for your forgiveness and your help
and together we bear witness to your suffering, take action to permanently
end it, and send out our energy field of love and compassion to comfort you
and to transform the hearts and souls of those who support the violent
oppression of all of you. Divine Love and our love is all around you.
Compassion encircles the earth for each of you and for all beings.
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