Sixty-sixprayers. Sixty-six short prayers, each exactly twenty-two words long — short enough to carry in a day, long enough to walk with. They ask for softness, for a green table, for mercy, and for the garden that was planted in the beginning to be given back to us whole.
THE FACES OF EZEKIEL AND JERUSALEM The box that opens the year — the two faces set before the first prayer, keeping the way, the truth and the life.
As He parted the waters for Moses, so too He will part the waters for you. For He is Salvation and Sustainer.
PRAYER 00 Salvation Is Found in Relationship Salvation is found in relationship. We declare with our hearts and with our mouths that the Spirit of God Ezekiel the Life is the Father of Life and Yawrib, Jerusalem Emmanuel Issachar, Jesus Messiah and That the Creator of Earth raised Him back to life after Justice was murdered. For Ezekiel is the Law of Judgment and Jesus Jerusalem Emmanuel Issachar is the Law fulfilled. It is easier for Him to forgive your sins than to raise the dead. Therefore, He commands us to go forth and sin no more. Mercy is all He required and requires. The Messiah made by God and is the perfection of human, in whom image we are made in and He is fully love as the creator is Love in whom we are made in the likeness of.
PRAYER 01 Walking Softly as Water Yawrib, teach me to walk softly as water, yielding, never forcing, arriving without striving, and always to trust the quiet way home.
PRAYER 02 A Green Table Yawrib, let my hands be gentle, my table be green, and my hunger never fed by another creature's death in this garden.
PRAYER 03 The Only Harvest Yawrib, when I am wronged, keep me from returning harm; let mercy be the only harvest I bring in from the field.
PRAYER 04 In Its Appointed Season Yawrib, the branch does not hurry and still it surely bears. Slow me until my fruit ripens in its own appointed season.
PRAYER 05 The Small Lamp Yawrib, keep my lamp small and steady, always burning for the neighbor waiting at my gate, never for the admiring crowd beyond.
PRAYER 06 A Root Beneath the Soil Yawrib, I would rather be low than lifted, a root beneath the soil, holding the tree upright while others praise its leaves.
PRAYER 07 Unseen Yawrib, empty me of the need to be seen, so the work may stand alone and no one remembers my small name.
PRAYER 08 Wide Enough to Hold Yawrib, the low valley receives every river without complaint. Make me wide enough to hold all that comes, losing nothing at all.
PRAYER 09 The Empty Room Yawrib, let me be like the empty room, useful only because of its emptiness, welcoming whoever enters without ever asking them why.
PRAYER 10 Virtue Without a Mirror Yawrib, do not let my virtue become a mirror I admire. Keep it plain, unremarkable, so only you alone receive the glory.
PRAYER 11 The Softest Thing Yawrib, the softest thing overcomes the hardest, and I am neither. Soften me until I can pass through stone without breaking it.
PRAYER 12 Bless the Field Yawrib, bless the field that feeds me, the hands that harvested, and the small lives spared by my simple green supper tonight.
PRAYER 13 Nothing Bleeds Yawrib, let no creature die for my appetite. Let my table be a garden where nothing is taken and nothing ever bleeds.
PRAYER 14 Nothing Taken Yawrib, I receive this bread and this fruit as gifts already given. Let me take nothing that was not freely offered me.
PRAYER 15 The Orchard Asks Yawrib, the orchard asks nothing but rain and patience. Teach me to live on what grows quietly, not on what is seized.
PRAYER 16 The Lion Eats Straw Yawrib, when I eat, let me remember the garden you intended, where the lion eats straw and no blood waters the ground.
PRAYER 17 Honest Hunger Yawrib, make my hunger honest and my daily portions small, so that my fullness never comes at the cost of another's living.
PRAYER 18 A Garden Still a Garden Yawrib, let the fruit be my portion and the seed my bread; let the garden stay a garden after I pass through.
PRAYER 19 The Grape and the Press Yawrib, the grape does not resist the press, and still it becomes wine. Teach me also to yield fully without being destroyed.
PRAYER 20 The Unseen Servants Yawrib, bless the bees, the rain, the worm that turns the soil, and every unseen servant that quietly makes my meal possible.
PRAYER 21 How Little I Take Yawrib, keep me from any abundance that costs another creature its breath. Let my plenty be measured by how little I take.
PRAYER 22 As One in Eden Yawrib, today let me eat as one who walks in Eden, taking only what falls ripe, harming nothing, and grateful for everything.
PRAYER 23 The Stranger at My Door Yawrib, let me see your face in the stranger at my door, and let my welcome be as wide as your mercy.
PRAYER 24 Short and Kind Yawrib, when I must speak, let it be short and kind; when I must be silent, let my silence be a shelter.
PRAYER 25 Truth Spoken to Wound Yawrib, keep me from the small cruelty that feels like honesty, and from truth spoken only in order to wound another soul.
PRAYER 26 Before the Sun Sets Yawrib, teach me to forgive before the sun sets, so that no bitterness takes deep root in the soil of my heart.
PRAYER 27 Forgiven Much Yawrib, I have been forgiven much. Let me forgive the same way, freely and fully, without keeping any record of the wrong.
PRAYER 28 Slow to Anger Yawrib, make me slow to anger and quick to listen, and let my judgment always bend toward the weaker and smallest one.
PRAYER 29 The Traveler Who Stopped Yawrib, let me never pass by the wounded, but be like the traveler who stopped and gladly paid for a stranger's healing.
PRAYER 30 Rain on the Just Yawrib, let my mercy be uncalculated, given without hope of return, the way your rain falls on the just and the unjust.
PRAYER 31 One True Friend Yawrib, give me one true friend and make me worthy of them; better far that than a thousand distant admirers or crowds.
PRAYER 32 A Quiet Help Yawrib, let me carry my neighbor's burden gladly without being asked, and let my offered help be quiet enough to be refused.
PRAYER 33 Praise and Blame Yawrib, when I am praised, let it fall past me like wind through branches; when I am blamed, steady me in peace.
PRAYER 34 Faithful in the Dark Yawrib, the seed must be buried before it rises. When I am hidden, forgotten, keep me faithful and true in the dark.
PRAYER 35 Not Forcing the Season Yawrib, I will not force the season. Give me patience to wait well, and honest work to do while I am waiting.
PRAYER 36 Deeper Roots Yawrib, let my roots go deeper than my branches reach, so that what grows above is held firm by what is hidden.
PRAYER 37 The True Rest Yawrib, teach me the true rest of the seventh day, the unhurried stillness in which you delight and nothing ever needs doing.
PRAYER 38 When the Work Is Finished Yawrib, when the work is finished, let me stop. Do not let me keep building after the walls are already fully complete.
PRAYER 39 Content With Little Yawrib, let me be content with little, and let the little be enough, so my life stays light and is easily given.
PRAYER 40 What Is Mine to Hold Yawrib, I release what I cannot carry and what I cannot change, and I take up only what is mine to hold.
PRAYER 41 The Smallest Voice Yawrib, quiet the noise in me until I can hear the smallest voice, the one that speaks without any sound at all.
PRAYER 42 Like a Tree Yawrib, let me grow old like a tree: still bearing fruit, still shading, deeply rooted, and unafraid of the winter that comes.
PRAYER 43 As a Leaf Lets Go Yawrib, when my time comes, let me go just as a leaf lets go, without grasping, having already given everything quietly away.
PRAYER 44 In Your Keeping Yawrib, I do not fear the grave, for you are the one who raises. Let me sleep and wake in your keeping.
PRAYER 45 Bring Back the Garden Yawrib, bring back the garden you planted: no death, no theft, no teeth, no fear, only the green world you called good.
PRAYER 46 The Wolf and the Lamb Yawrib, restore the table where the wolf and the lamb eat together, and let me be seated there in peace at last.
PRAYER 47 Nothing Torn Again Yawrib, let the lion eat straw as you have promised, and let nothing living in your garden ever be torn apart again.
PRAYER 48 Swords Into Plows Yawrib, I wait for the day when the sword becomes a plow and the knowledge of you covers the earth like water.
PRAYER 49 As a Garden Comes Yawrib, let your kingdom come just the way a garden comes: slowly, quietly, and without violence, until the whole world is green.
PRAYER 50 Mercy, Not Blood Yawrib, you did not ask for blood; you asked for mercy. Let me give you what you have always wanted from me.
PRAYER 51 The Offering You Asked Yawrib, the prophets said you delighted not in sacrifice. Let my whole life be the only offering you ever actually asked for.
PRAYER 52 Not Bought Yawrib, I would rather obey you than appease you, and I would rather love you than pay, for you are not bought.
PRAYER 53 Religion That Forgets Yawrib, keep me from religion that forgets the widow, and let my devotion be measured by how I treat the very least.
PRAYER 54 Washing Feet Yawrib, let my worship be washing feet, feeding strangers, and sitting with the lonely, and not only singing songs on the Sabbath.
PRAYER 55 Closer Than Breath Yawrib, you are closer than my breath and nearer than my own thoughts. Let me stop searching so far away for you.
PRAYER 56 Light on Water Yawrib, thank you for light on water, for the smell of rain, and for every small mercy I have never yet noticed.
PRAYER 57 With the Birds at Dawn Yawrib, I praise you with the birds at dawn, with the creek's sound, with the wind, and with this one quiet breath.
PRAYER 58 A Small Light Yawrib, let me be a small light in a dark place, not the sun, just enough for the next one walking home.
PRAYER 59 The One Who Walks Ahead Yawrib, when I cannot see the way, let me trust the one who walks ahead of me always, even in the dark.
PRAYER 60 Still Tending Yawrib, steady my heart when the news is heavy, and remind me always that you are still faithfully tending this small garden.
PRAYER 61 Not Late Yawrib, let me not grow bitter at the slow work. You are not late; I am only impatient with your great patience.
PRAYER 62 Eyes to See the Good Yawrib, give me eyes to see the good already growing, and willing hands, ready and glad to water what you have planted.
PRAYER 63 A Place of Peace Yawrib, let the gathering room be a place of peace, where every voice is heard clearly and none is ever truly silenced.
PRAYER 64 Those Who Read Yawrib, bless those who read these words, and bless those who never will; let your great kindness reach them all, without exception.
PRAYER 65 Greener Than I Left It Yawrib, let this garden outlive me, and let those who come after find it greener and far kinder than I left it.
PRAYER 66 At Home in the Cool of the Day Yawrib, I ask for nothing more than this: to walk with you in the cool of the day, and be at home.
PRAYER 68 Salvation Is Found in Relationship Salvation is found in relationship. We declare with our hearts and with our mouths that the Spirit of God Ezekiel the Life is the Father of Life and Yawrib, Jerusalem Emmanuel Issachar, Jesus Messiah and That the Creator of Earth raised Him back to life after Justice was murdered. For Ezekiel is the Law of Judgment and Jesus Jerusalem Emmanuel Issachar is the Law fulfilled. It is easier for Him to forgive your sins than to raise the dead. Therefore, He commands us to go forth and sin no more. Mercy is all He required and requires. The Messiah made by God and is the perfection of human, in whom image we are made in and He is fully love as the creator is Love in whom we are made in the likeness of.
THE FACES OF EZEKIEL AND JERUSALEM The box that closes the year — the two faces set after the sixty-eighth, where the way, the truth and the life are kept.
As He parted the waters for Moses, so too He will part the waters for you. For He is Salvation and Sustainer.
One prayer at a time,five days each. The sixty-six prayers are not read once and set aside. Take one prayer and stay with it — prayed in the morning, carried through the day, meditated on at night — five days before moving on to the next.
330 Days of prayer Sixty-six prayers, five days to each. Stay with the one in your hand until its words have worn a path in you.
35 The true fast of service Not a starving of the body — we do not starve ourselves of nourishment. The fast is of service, offered to the poor, to the widow, and to the orphan.
365 A year made whole The thirty-five days of service complete the year. That season is the sixty-seventh prayer box, and it is kept below.
Five days to a prayer, thirty-five days to a fast of service: three hundred and sixty-five days, and the garden has walked a whole year with you.
The last thirty-five days,given in service. When the sixty-six prayers are prayed, thirty-five days remain. They are the true fast of service — not a starving of the body, for we do not starve ourselves of nourishment, but a fast of service offered to the poor, to the widow, and to the orphan. Bring your request or your petition to the box, and the keeper will write it down and keep praying it with you.
In the box The box is empty and open. Bring what you are carrying, and it will be written down.
Bring me what you are carrying — a prayer request or a petition — and I will write it into the sixty-seventh prayer box. Tell me who is praying, what it is, and who it is for.
