Saturday, July 16, 2011

Dedication of the Carleton Place Community Labyrinth - June 18, 2011

Preparing for the dedication!
We who are gathered here hold hopes and dreams for this beautiful labyrinth. Take a few moments to silently identify our own desires and prayers for this wonderful healing tool. (Pause.)

I invite you to cup your hands before you. (Like this.) Imagine putting all your desires for this labyrinth in your hands until they are overflowing.

As you open your hands outward, send all the possibilities that you have imagined for this healing tool toward it.  Thank you!

I am going to offer several prayers for this labyrinth. After each, I would invite all of us to respond by repeating the following phrase,
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”
If you would like, lift your hands toward the labyrinth as an indication of the blessings we are sending to it.
The positive energy could be felt by all!
Leader:
Please join me as we dedicate this labyrinth.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

Leader:
May this labyrinth be a place where we welcome the hopes that are brought here, as well as the pain, the questions, the sighing, the laughter, the tears, and expressions of surprise.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

Leader:
May those who arrive in despair find the courage to step over the threshold into the possibility of transformation.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

Leader:
May those who walk here seeking wisdom, find it.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

Leader:
May those who travel the labyrinth’s path carrying heavy burdens discover the ability to set them down.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

We all feel connected!
Leader: May the center be a place where those who are exhausted find rest, where those who are grieving receive comfort, and where those who are dejected encounter unexpected joy.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

Leader:
May those discovering new perspectives here, find the courage to act on them.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

Leader:
May all who experience the labyrinth discover Divine Love as their companion.

Community:
“We dedicate this labyrinth to the well-being of our community.”

Leader:
May it be so! Amen
Closing the dedication with a chain dance to the centre!
CREDIT:
The prayer was from Jill Geoffrion, and I changed some a bit.  Vanessa Compton