Invocations
1
How can one give a name to God?
To you, most merciful and compassionate,
You who forms the thoughts in our heads
And shapes the beauty of our bodies, you
Who covers our foolishness with wisdom
And showers our mortality with mercy, you,
Creator and sustainer of earth and time,
Guardian and defender of spirit and space,
The single source of space and soul,
The sole commander of time and place,
Of fire and wind and water and ground,
You are in control, and you have Power over all, you are ineffable... 2 How can one give a name to the One Whose every name is a lasting testimony Of constant grace and steadfast love, Exceeding heaven and earth and every angel, 1,001 names addressing 1,001 of our needs, 99 titles giving proof of the one who provides;
Who stands alone where there can be no other?
And yet there are those who do not know,
Souls outside who haven’t heard And hearts who cannot see: O God, Have grace and pity on each heart and soul Who wants to know your name.
Faithful and faithless alike will walk
This path together and they will see The one and only, maker and enabler, All powerful, almighty and immortal, All knowing, living and eternal, Who gives, who takes, conquers and forgives, The push of every movement, And the place of every rest. God stands alone and has no equal: Let nothing come before, let no one stand beside, And those asserting otherwise, beware! Our weakness proves God’s perfection; God’s power appoints our list of names.
You are in control, and you have Power over all, you are ineffable... 2 How can one give a name to the One Whose every name is a lasting testimony Of constant grace and steadfast love, Exceeding heaven and earth and every angel, 1,001 names addressing 1,001 of our needs, 99 titles giving proof of the one who provides;
Who stands alone where there can be no other?
And yet there are those who do not know,
Souls outside who haven’t heard And hearts who cannot see: O God, Have grace and pity on each heart and soul Who wants to know your name.
Faithful and faithless alike will walk
This path together and they will see The one and only, maker and enabler, All powerful, almighty and immortal, All knowing, living and eternal, Who gives, who takes, conquers and forgives, The push of every movement, And the place of every rest. God stands alone and has no equal: Let nothing come before, let no one stand beside, And those asserting otherwise, beware! Our weakness proves God’s perfection; God’s power appoints our list of names.
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