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    <title>Firefly Prayer Circle</title>
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  Many folks are in need of more healing than a friendly ear or a small prayer can provide. Monday is the day of the Moon, and a fitting day for a prayer to those in need. Anytime on Monday in your area, take the time to light a white or blue candle for the folks listed under the week. As you pray for each of them individually for a few moments, say each of their names aloud or think of them. Visualize that person from the picture they have listed, or of their name and astral persona. Send them positive energy by reaching out to that person with your spirit and projecting bright energy, positive thoughts, and your care that they get well or find what they need soon.You can list anyone for the week that is in need of healing and/or positive energy. If you wish to describe who that person is and why they should be included in our prayers, it would be very helpful, though, not necessary if one wishes to keep the matter private. However, it is better for all parties spiritually if the person and situation is described, because we can better send out our prayers and project our energies when we better know for who and why. Pets, loved ones, friends, oneself, etc. can all be requested healing energy, positive energy, and prayer. While the prayer circle is a good practice for the community as a whole, be wary of how much you lean on it. This is not a counseling forum. This is not a place to ask for personal help and magickal workings. Further assistance may be found in the Spiritual Counseling Corner. Some folks have multiple health and life problems, and it's best in those situations to ask for general healing and positive energy. Only those in genuine need of a community healing effort should be added to this list. Thank you so much for caring about others. Much good will come of it. You may use this prayer or one of your own:
I call out to you Great Goddess To heal these cared for by my communityIn my heart, we are all oneI reach out to you To shine your light of hope down on usAnd that through our connectionWe can foster healing, love, peace, and balanceSo mote it be</description>
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      <title>Error and Redirection: A Florida Pastor Burning the Koran</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:40:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Lady Iris Firemoon. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11243711&quot;&gt;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11243711&lt;/a&gt;#&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would like to send out prayers and energy so that the Florida pastor, Terry Jones, would reconsider his stunt of burning the Koran on September 11th.  Many world leaders have condemned the act.  It has been said that this will not make a statement against terrorism, but could be used to fuel recruitment, and would put U.S. troups in Afghanistan and Pakistan in danger as targets of retaliation.  It has also been said that this would damage U.S.-Islamic relations and hurt world peace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, for the sake of world peace, the freedom of religion for all people, and the prosperity of interfaith relationships all over the world, we ask that Pastor Terry Jones have experiences in the next 24 hours that open his eyes and see the error in his judgement here.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>My 4 year old daughter</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by pamela hardsaw. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;My 4 year old daughter haley has been through alot in 4 yrs. she was born with a rare heart dease. on sept 15th she has to undergo anouther heart cath to check the pressurs in her heart and they may do some  widening of the artries.  please she needs all the prayers she can get..bless be to all &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Prayer for my health &amp;amp; an energy prayer</title>
      <link>http://fireflyhouse.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3187</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:48:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Linda Festa. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   I haven't been on here lately, I'm still in mourning for my beloved husband Patch.  I think I am still in the state of denial.  I mean I know he won't be coming back home to me... I just can't let him go.  I've built a memorial Gazebo(not done with it yet), and a bench, I've also built other things to be put in our back yard, like a wishing well and a wagon wheel... I've done this for him...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   When I am not at work, I wear only black clothing.  I refuse to go out and be with other people... I've even gone so far as to blast my music thru my head phones when I am in public or in my back yard.  I've a neighbor who tries to talk to me a lot(too much sometimes), but I am trying to shy away from her... she uses drugs and drinks.. something I really don't want around me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   I cry a lot at stupid things, and some not so stupid.  I want to be alone yet sometimes I crave a soul who understands.  And the last thing I need is for someone to tell me to 'get over it'.  Maybe you can, but I can't.  I've learned that people deal with death many different ways... this is my way.  The death of my mother never affected me in this way.  Nothing... has affected me like this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   I'm losing weight faster now... my hair is falling out so fast that it clogs the bathroom tub EVERY time I wash.  I had cancer once, though nothing like what my husband had to suffer from, and I am afraid that this means it has returned... not the weight loss(that I know is due to the grief I suffer from), but the hair loss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   I believe in soul mates, that one person tied to you for all eternity... Patch... is mine.  Sometimes I feel him with me but most times I do not.  And I am afraid that he will always remain mad at me.  I know he is not pleased with me right now for a variety of reasons.  But since he passed away April 28th, I've not seen him in my dreams at night even once.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   Little by little, with each passing day, I'm losing more of myself.  Some days I feverenty wish I could go back in time to his death bed, to that final moment... I would have then joined him.  Sometimes I want to join him now... most days I wish this.  But it has gotten so bad that I no longer recognize who I am.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   I know he is displeased with my train of thoughts, I know he would have never wanted me to hurt like this, but I don't think he understood just how much I love him, then... and now still.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   I'm having such a very hard time dealing with this... I can smile at work, but that is not me... I've learned long ago how to become someone else at work, an actress of sorts I guess... but I try to leave all my personal feelings outside of work... I have to fight every day to keep my pain out of other's searching eyes.  Everyone has their own pain, they do not need to see mine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   Right now, my life consists of pain, and more pain... not a moment goes by without Patch being the center core of all my thoughts.  I am haunted by what could have been... and of how I know I could have saved him...I could have kept my Donald alive... A lot of could haves and should haves... I still feel as though his demise is my fault... if only I had acted on what I saw while we were in that hospital.  They neglected him(they even once gave him an overdose of Morphine)... but I feel as though I did not do enough for him then...  But this is not what is right for me and it is not what Patch would have wanted for me.  So... if you have the time... would you please.. pray for some easement of this pain?  I'm not one who would ask for something for myself, it always seemed too selfish(it still does).  But if I cannot come back from this road to death I seem to be on, my suffering will hurt those who love me, those I will leave behind... my daughters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   I ask for prayer for inner strenth, for courage to get up from this grave I am digging for myself... and for love... so that I may find it within myself... to let him go.  Not forget him, that could never happen... he is still my world... as he should be...  And for you all to send me possitive energy so that I might be able to live again, though it will always be in his shadow...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   The picture is a portion of the Gazebo I am creating.  On the right side is a stepping stone that I use as his grave marker.  It has two sets of flowers, one on either side.  On the table I've left him one of his beloved western books and a deck of cards (he Loved playing cards and sometimes did so professionally) wrapped in zip-lock bags, along with one long-stem white rose.  There are also two of his glases, one that he used for readng and one he used for driving. (The flowers are't in this picture... I put them in later)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>My niece and friend</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Lady Saphire Dragon's Light. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merry Meet everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wanted to ask everyone for their prayers and to send some energy to my niece who is a student at TFA. Rosie has not been feeling very well lately and on Friday evening was hospitalized. I know that if we all sent her some energy and prayed to the gods/goddesses she will get better real soon and return home and to her studies. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Blessed Be&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lady Saphire&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Prayer-Energy Request</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:31:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Wind Spirit. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;We have been trying to sell our property here in the Eastern Cape of South Africa for over a year now more like 2. Even though we have had some interest, it would be nice to gain a real and true offer making person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We both have a daughter and 2 grandchildren each in the US which for me I have never seen or been able to hold in my arms and my grandson is now 3 and my granddaughter is now 2, Rainmaker's granddaughter is now 5 and he has seen her once and his grandson is now 2 and he has never seen him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are trying to get things sold here so that we will be able to get to the US and be with family. We continue to do our rituals, but all positive energies that can be sent out will be appreciated. We both miss our families and the kids are growing faster than we can imagine. We want them to know who we are before they get much older.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you all and&lt;br /&gt;Blessed Be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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