Author: sisterkate
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A Ministry Without a Pulpit
A Ministry Without a Pulpit Most religions have a place you are supposed to go. A church. A temple. A mosque. A meetinghouse. A building with a door through which the faithful enter and, eventually, leave. The Sisters of the Valley Ministry is being built differently. In that respect, of course, we are hardly inventing…
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What Does a Matriarchal Ministry Look Like?
What Does a Matriarchal Ministry Look Like? For more than a decade, the Sisters of the Valley have lived with an unusual contradiction. We have been highly visible, but not always easily understood. People recognize the gowns. They recognize the activism, the plant medicine, the farm, the moon cycles and the images of women working…
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Why the Sisters of the Valley Created a Ministry
Why the Sisters of the Valley Created a Ministry When the younger Sisters began talking seriously about creating a nonprofit ministry, Sister Kate asked them a question she believed every nonprofit should be able to answer. What problem does society have that your nonprofit will fix? Their answer was immediate: housing. It was not necessarily…
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Ceremonial Opening Prayer
Ceremonial Opening Prayer Powers of the North, Powers of the East Powers of the South, Powers of the West Powers of the Moon*, Powers of the Earth With powers vested in us at birth, Bless us, Mother Goddess, and the people assembled here. *if the ceremony is in daylight, we say ‘powers of the sun’
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Blessing of the Food
Blessing of the Food Corn and grain, meat and milk, on the table before us, Hands and hearts come together to nourish and restore us. Bless our food and bless our folk and keep us in your grace, Ensure this sacred walk we take respects this sacred place.
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Ancient Beguine Healing Prayer
Ancient Beguine Healing Prayer Oh, Great Goddess, Mother of Mercy and Healing Send the energy of Hygeia (hi-gee-ah) to nourish from Her Sacred Bowl Send the energy of Brigid to heal with waters of Her Sacred Well Send the energy of Demeter to restore life to withering cells Send the energy of Quan Yin to…
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Affirmation Prayer
Affirmation Prayer We, the Sisters, embrace and promote the holistic remedies and medicines given us by nature and acknowledge the power of self-healing. We, the Sisters, believe that the cosmic hands of healing have many fingers and acknowledge that there is so much human suffering on this physical plane that all forms of healing have…
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Abundance Prayer
Abundance Prayer When the economic status of women is lifted, so benefits all of society: As the moon controls the tides, so the rhythm rules our lives. Through cycles that are ever changing, first waxing and then waning, In different phases, yet the same, what was once poor, lacking and so lame, Replace with abundance…
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Pledge of Allegiance to Mother Earth
Pledge of Allegiance to Mother Earth I pledge allegiance to the Earth And all the life which she supports One planet, Under our care, Irreplaceable, With Sustenance and Respect for all
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Recognizing Fascism & Finding Hope Amidst the Darkness
Recognizing Fascism & Finding Hope Amidst the Darkness Savage Grace, Chapter 2 Five ‘realities’ that tell us that our society has descended into fascism. The first is the death of conscience. In Donald Trump, America elected a sociopathic narcissist. “The ancient texts tell us that when cultures lose their ability to distinguish right from wrong,…