Gichi Manidoo, Great Spirit God, We give you thanks for another day on this earth. We give you thanks for this day to enjoy the compassionate goodness of you, our creator. We acknowledge with one mind our respect and gratefulness to all the sacred cycle of life. Bind us together in the circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and one another. AMEN.
-- the Rt. Rev. Mark McDonald, from an Ojibwe prayer, found in A Sampler: Native American Alaska Native and Native Hawai'ian Liturgies, Prepared for the 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, July 2009, Anaheim, CA
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