Δευτέρα 15 Φεβρουαρίου 2016

A Native American Prayer – We will fly on Wings like Eagles



Dear God
I bow my head
and ask,
If it be Thy will,
please save this land
from those who seek
to destroy it.
-Amen-
Source:
Native American Orthodox Christian Fellowship (NAOCF) here

So we are truly on a wing and prayer. What an incredible symbol. When I was in Alaska as part of Alaska Team 2001 sent by the Orthodox Christian Missionary Center (www.ocmc.org/) I saw a bald eagle, everyday, and if I saw one, I ALWAYS saw three minimum.
I’ve always loved our national symbol and spending the time that I did in Alaska gave me such a feeling of peace and love for this land in which I was born and for it’s Native Peoples that I can’t even express. Seeing Eagles everyday gave me a feeling like I was sharing my experience with them.
I am aware that such atrocities were committed against the Indigenous Populations here in both North & South America (let’s not forget the Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders as well), by Western Europeans in the name of God and of “Progress”. While Alaskans were not totally exempt from all that, it should be noted that the Orthodox Church in Alaska more often helped and protected the Alaskans (where & when they could).
Anyone who is interested can check out our website at: http://www.NAOCF.org for more information and through that site you can reach out to our Spiritual Adviser Fr. Thomas Andrew who is a Native Yupik Priest. Also, I’ll refer you to a PDF of our Journal (also available on our website) in particular an article written by Fr. Michael Oleksa, another Native Priest living and serving in Alaska. They are just two of the Native clergy serving Our Lord and their People in the North.

Photo from here
See also

A Letter from an Orthodox Christian to our Native Americans Brothers
Saint Innocent Veniaminov & the Native Tribes of Alaska
 
Native Americans (tag)

The god Called “Earth” 
Nature is not God

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