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  • A psalm for women of a certain age...

    I came across this in a book of liturgies and prayers.  I found it helpful.  Others may too.

     

    O Divine One,

    Source of the feminine live-force,

    I thank you this day

    For your life-energy within my body,

    For the order of its rhythms and cycles.

     

    Even though I no longer have

    My blood time to mark my cycles,

    Teach me to listen with my inner ear

    To the other cycles and patterns

    Of my body.

     

    As I listen with attentiveness and respect,

    May I daily grow in understanding

    Of how to care for my body

    With gentleness and love.

     

    May I always remember

    That my femininity

    Is an integral part of me,

    Regardless of whether I am fertile or not.

     

    And, as I listen with greater reverence

    To that rhythm of your gifts within me,

    May I allow the special gifts

    Of this stage of my life to emerge

    Creating space for the wise woman within me

    To find fuller expression in my life.

     

    Abigail Rian Evans, Healing Liturgies for the Seasons of Life, Westminster John Knox, 2004, page 88