[book] Prayers of the Light, by Jean-Pierre (wip)

(Still a work in progress)
Short Prayers

Prayer of Fortitude
To give respect and love to all around,
To that oath of compassion we are bound,
For that we work ever so tenacious,
May the Light lend its strength to us.

A prayer for courage
Shroud not thy heart with sorrows,
for the Light conquers all shadows.
Follow dilligently its divine ways,
and find courage in Light's embrace.

A prayer for wisdom
In prayer I search ever so solemly,
help for questions without answers.
holding to the Light so desperately,
to guide me where my wisdom falters.

A ward against fear
Against odds and spells unkind,
Illumination steadies the mind,
The Light holds my soul so dear,
And shields my heart from all fear.

To fight the shadow
Darkness encroaches the world around us,
and hides the path that is Virtuous,
To the Light we are bound in oath,
In our hearth we find again the road,
The way that will lead us to illumination,
And cast the darkness to eternal damnation

Inner fire
Light, spark in my heart the fire and passion,
to fight with respect, tenacity, compassion,
In this moment where I need them so dire,
Bless me with the strength of your inner fire.

Long Prayers

Faith in the Light
Should darkness strive to shroud my mind,
In the Light, my heart will keep faith,
In the Light, its wisdom I will find,
In the Light, darkness will be unmade.

Should shadows strive to cover my sight,
In the Light, I see all I could wish,
In the Light, I will find my guide,
In the Light, shadows will diminish,

Should harm strive to reach the innocent
In the Light, they will be warded,
In the Light, we will find judgement,
In the Light, we will be guarded.

Should deceit strive to undo friendship,
In the Light, no heart will be bent,
In the Light, friends cause no hardship,
In the Light, the wicked will repent.


Mourning the tragedy of war
Have I not seen in time the shadows growing around me?
Chosen war that brought death as far as the eye can see?
Is there glory left for the Light in this gruesome victory?
Or is all that remains from these actions the hideous atrocity?

I search relentlessly for the Virtues as our guide,
Hoping the Light will reach for us and stay by our side.
I pray we have not strayed from the Enlightened path,
and deprived our lives from the glory they could have had.

Had the Light not taught me the meaning of Tenacity,
I would have lost faith and searched for it unwillingly,
And not found it in my actions ever so desperately,
Fighting these enemies that engaged us so mindlessly.

Tenacity
In ourselves and all about,
Light lives without a doubt,
mends and prevents harm.
It is grace in purest form
Blessing all living beings,
Guiding us in our doings,

But through actions alone,
The Light's will can be done.
Following its ways so divine,
We reach salvation in time,
Cleansing the world anew,
From the shadows so cruel.

Great though Light may be,
It works through souls like me,
While devoted, I am but small,
Perhaps too little to change all,
Though Light makes spirits grow,
The world is large, we all know

But if I remain true to its ways,
I may share its graceful rays,
Work hard till all are blessed,
Without doubt till my final rest,
Even if its results I can not see,
Such is the lesson of Tenacity

Blessing of Water -- new
Dear Light, be with us as we bless this water,

We chose water for it brings and feeds life,
We chose water for it blesses thirsty souls,
We chose water for it cools heated harts,
We chose water for it refreshes tired spirits.

May your holy spirit live in this water,
May your cleansing descend upon this water,
May your wisdom flow in this water,
May your enlightenment lighten this water,

We require water to wash away the shadows,
We require water to stay the darkness,
We require water to guide lost souls,
We require water to renew their spirits.

May the shadows be crushed by this water,
May the wicker be cleansed by this water,
May the vile be purged by this water,
May all that is good flourish with this water,


Hymns and songs

To my brother in darkness -- new
Hello brother, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
To speak with you of deep repent,
Our hearts are hurt and souls silent,
And the voices of our loves are in our hearts,
echoing,
but you only heed the darkness.

In lonelyness we have crawled,
In the dark we hid appalled,
And then we forgot our dreams in life,
Let our words lead to tears and strife,
While the voices of our loves were in our hearts,
whispering,
Through this time of sadness

But rest assured, brother dear,
Hope and Light for us is near,
For even in these darkest holes,
it tries to heal our mourning souls,
And the voices of our loves are in our hearts,
still speaking,
whispering words of courage.

They speak of hope and love,
And the magnificence thereof,
The greatness that is still in us,
Work and deeds they entrusted to us,
That the voices of our loves be in our hearts,
and remain,
They only ask to listen.

Oh
my
god

I have no idea why I have not seen Serendipity in the library before but I am so glad I finally saw it because I love this so much. The last three poems especially: Tragedy of war, tenacity and inner fire I particularily liked the most, but only because I am vain and love rhymes haha :p. But no seriously, I loved all of them and atm Im going to move onto the other stuff in the the other threads

tout ce que j'ai lu est très joli vous avez bien fait, jean pierre !!

Thank you very much for your kind words Shaelyssa

I added 2 new ones though I'm not particularly proud of my prayer to bless water. I went for a more ritualistic monotone style but I'm not too happy with the result. Any hints are welcome!

The prayers have been rearranged as they are in my prayerbook now, but the book is still a WIP and not really "public" ICly yet.
I have another prayer book here:
https://defiasrp.forumotion.net/serendipity-f96/book-collected-prayers-of-the-light-second-edition-t1749.htm
But the prayers in that book are not entirely written by my own hand... they are transformed prayers from RL prayers/rituals. I'm stuck on whether or not to include them into "my" prayer book :S
What do you think?
I'd like one big prayer book... but I'm not sure I'd like to merge my "copy & mangled" texts with my own work.