HE WAS GREEN WITH BLACK POLKA DOTS, no more than 3/8th of an inch long, and his back leg was stuck in a piece of an abandoned spider web. How did I even see him? Did he call to me somehow? But there he was unable to move, his left leg pulled straight by the weight of the web while the right one bent correctly at a right angle. I needed a magnifying glass to remove the offending web. After several minutes I was getting nowhere and decided to put water on the web and use the tweezers. That worked. He was free. I tried to see if he was looking at me, but he was just too tiny. I laid him gently on a leaf and watched him walk away with all his legs working properly. I felt completely connected to that little guy—heart and soul. We did something together. We communicated in a language beyond words—a language that you and I share with all animals and plants, but rarely “hear”--above the noise of our busy lives. It is a language of universal love and divine mystery.

PRAYERS TO HEAR THE TINY ONES. Isaac Bashevis Singer said, “Even in the worm that crawls in the earth, there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God.” Let us add that when we help, heal, listen to, and love a creature, we do the same for the Divine, because the Divine is living in them and reaching out to us--and very likely teaching us. This week, as we grow in our realization that all beings communicate in a sacred way, may each one of us find ways to enter that space of love where this language can be heard and understood. We give thanks for the gift we have been given of empathy for all beings and for the joy and the feeling of belonging that brings to us. As we learn to listen with our open hearts, may we each be guided to feel strong and confident in doing the things we’ve been given to do to bring peace and freedom to all beings. May we hear, not just their cries of anguish, but also their songs and the wisdom they are trying to share with us. May we know them, not just as animals who need our help, but as beings who have so much to teach us about how to live, how to be, and how to love. And may every human being on the planet join us on this sacred journey toward Vegan Peace for All Beings. May Divine Wisdom, the animals’ grace, and our true hearts guide us toward ahimsa, peace, liberation, and lovingkindness for all.

May Divine Wisdom, the animals’ grace, and our true hearts guide us toward ahimsa, peace, liberation, and lovingkindness for all.

As always, I send my thanks to each of you, dear Prayer Circle members, for joining this circle of compassion and shining the Light of Truth for all to see, so that one day soon, all beings will live in peace together. Our prayers for all animals continue to circle the earth, to uplift humanity’s consciousness, and to bless the animals themselves. Thank you for joining people around the world who are praying these weekly prayers as well as the Noon Prayer.

With Love, peace, and gratitude from Judy Carman, and greetings from Will, Madeleine, Tara and the Circle of Compassion team

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