On this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day we offer this gift to you as we pause to honor all people around the world working and praying for Earth Justice and healing. Most of all, we honor Earth herself. She is vast, abundant, diverse and beautiful.
The prayers and reflections we offer come from Franciscan Sister Joan Brown (Executive Director of New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light), Grandmother Flordemayo (Curandera Espiritu and Foundress of The Path in Estancia), Rev. Beverly Moore-Tasy (Vicar of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Hobbs), Rabbi Nahum Ward-Levy (scholar in residence at Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe), Shelley Mann-Levy (New Mexico Public Health Association in Santa Fe), Barbara Malloy (Albuquerque Baha’i Community), Cynthia Jurs (Tibetan Buddhist lama and a Dharmacharya in the Order of Thich Nat Hanh in Santa Fe), Father Vincent Chavez (Pastor, St. Therese of the Infant Catholic Church in Albuquerque), Necip Orhan (Muslim and Executive Director of the Turkish Raindrop House and Dialogue Institute of the Southwest in Albuquerque).
The soundtrack for the video was recorded by local musician Keely Mackey-Gonzales. Here is her full piece, entitled from her composition entitled Water: Out at Sea.
We also have the full reflections from Grandmother Flor de Mayo
and from Necip Orhan