Prayer for the Earth

Saturday, March 19 is Harvest Festival at CERES – when everyone is invited to come and join in celebrating and giving thanks to the good earth, our farmers and the cycle of the seasons. 

On this day all who hold a sacred or spiritual practice regularly at CERES are being invited to participate in a time of prayer for the Earth.  CERES Communication Manager, Sieta Beckwith writes in her letter of invitation:

At harvest time when we are thanking the earth for her generous bounty, I feel it’s important to recognise and address the spiritual dynamics at the root of environmental degradation… In recent years CERES has not taken so much of an overt role in looking after the spiritual ecology of the land we are on, and I’m strongly drawn to try and shift that by uniting all of the groups who do look after the sacredness of this place on a regular basis.

This little bit of earth for which we are currently the guardians has been quarried, polluted, turned into a tip site and then begun on the slow path of regeneration. For me, there is a clear interrelationship between our outer, physical ecological situation, our awareness of the sacred in creation, and our inner relationship to the divine which also affects the soul of the world.

This opportunity to share in a simple meditation and  prayer for the Earth will be held in the
Learning Centre from 1.30 – 2.30pm,
and will include the opportunity to walk the labyrinth.  Jan will be present to represent Sophia’s Spring but others, and all, are welcome to join this.  It will be advertised and included in the days program.

More information about CERES Harvest Festival can be found here: http://ceres.org.au/harvest-festival/