WHAT IS A PRAYER CIRCLE?
Prayer circles have several different interpretations across the world. The most common definition of a prayer circle is where participants simply join hands in a literal circle of prayer, often as part of a vigil. Similarly, amongst Native American Catholics, prayer circles have formed around Kateri Tekakwitha, who was the first Native American to be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha Conference prayer circles, are called Kateri Prayer Circles, and have been formed throughout U.S. Indian Reservations.
We have created a Prayer Circle for our own online community below and welcome your thoughts and prayers to be shared by all. If anyone would like to send us their prayer or healing songs, we would gladly feature them on the music player below.
May the Creator bless all of you and answer your prayers. There is a simple but profound Lakota prayer: Mitakuye Oyasin. The phrase translates as "all my relatives," "we are all related," or "all my relations." It is a prayer of oneness and harmony with all forms of life: other people, animals, birds, insects, trees and plants, and even rocks, rivers, mountains and valleys. To pray this prayer is to petition the Creator on behalf of everyone and everything on Earth. Mitakuye Oyasin honors the sacredness of each person's individual spiritual path, acknowledges the sacredness of all life (human, animal, plant, etc.) It is a prayer of respect, honor and love for all of mankind, and for the Earth. It is a prayer that crosses the barriers of religion and can be prayed by one of any faith. It is a prayer that uniteds, instead of divides.
Mitakuye Oyasin
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