International Women's Day was March 8th, and on this day, Eesha's Kallahs held a special service, which included a Litany for Women: a healing recitation of prayers for women of all walks of life, and the men that support women's access to equality. This was such a powerful Litany that we felt it appropriate to share now, with you to keep the healing energies of uplifting women, not just one day a year, but every day of the year.
LITANY FOR WOMEN:
[Response]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
ABORTION:
For women who have had abortions and still carry the guilt and mental anguish…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who cannot forgive themselves for having an abortion and have suffered by judgmental attitudes in churches…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who were pressured and coerced into having an abortion…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been condemned and rejected for having an abortion…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
PREGNANCY:
For young women whose future is compromised by a teenage pregnancy…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For pregnant young women who were demeaned and abused especially in the Magdalen Laundries Scandal in Ireland…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For pregnant women giving birth in the US without adequate maternal leave…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For pregnant women all over the world who will give birth in unsafe and unsanitary conditions…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
VIOLENCE:
For women who suffer verbal, physical or emotional abuse alone who have no support…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who do not know how to recognize an abusive relationship…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who were raped and/or molested and made to feel it was “their fault”…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have suffered sexual, physical, emotional abuse at the hands of relatives, boyfriends or husbands…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For young girls who were and are being robbed of their innocence and emotional health by sexual abuse…[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For victims of rape, date rape or any forced sex…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who feel trapped in an abusive/violent marriage or relationship…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women whose voices are silent because of terrifying fear for themselves and their children…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been enslaved and forced to work as prostitutes…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been raped and feel they are worthless…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
WORLDWIDE INEQUALITY:
For the end to misogynistic customs based on religious beliefs or traditions which justify the torture, mutilation, rape and murder of women and girls…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For the end of “honor killings” and child marriages…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For girls and women who continue to suffer in societies that restrict their access to education…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For an end to gender-selection infanticide which targets female children…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For those involved in female genital mutilation, that the women involved will realize it is wrong, abusive and stop this horrific practice…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who live in polygamous societies and are not valued…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women in third world countries that do not have the resources necessary to live…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For laws and the enforcement of laws to combat violence against women and domestic violence especially in areas of the globe which offer limited protection for women…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
THE MILITARY:
For women in the military who are sacrificing their lives for their country…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who serve in the military and have to leave their children…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been intimidated in the military…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been raped in the service…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For military women who risk their careers and livelihood if they report their abuser…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For military women who need medical or psychological care after service…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
WORKPLACE:
For women who have been sexually harassed in the workplace…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who are paid less than men while doing the same job…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For mothers who are “judged” for going to work…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been denied promotions because of their gender…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For single mothers struggling to pay the bills and survive…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women in all walks of life who are judged on their appearance and viewed as sexual objects…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women in academia who have been belittled for their findings on how Jesus treated women…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For all the women who have gone before and stood strong amid taunts and discrimination as they fought for equality…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been denied access to the priesthood due to their anatomy…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women in religious orders throughout the centuries who worked tirelessly and were not recognized…[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women religious who were told to be silent…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have lost their jobs due to their sexual orientation…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
MISCELLANEOUS:
For women who battle cancer and other illnesses without the support of their partners...
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been discriminated against and made fun of because of their sexual orientation…[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women in prison…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For little girls who don’t know who to turn to when their own mothers aren’t strong enough…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For young girls to have the strength to question…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For young women, may they know what True Love looks like in the perfect Marriage of Jesus and His Wife…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For young women who suffer from depression and contemplate suicide…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who have been only objects of lust in their relationships and have not known love…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who are insecure about their bodies and hurt themselves…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women addicted to alcohol, drugs and other substances, many times as the result of abuse…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women who continue to suffer from being bullied and intimidated in their own homes…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For women suffering from the trauma of divorce, abandonment, betrayal…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
For girls and women suffering from dysmorphia and eating disorders...
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal the women we pray for.
In thanksgiving and gratitude for all men who are supportive of women and work for equality even at the risk of their own lives and positions…
[R]We ask the Divine Family to touch and heal all that we pray for.
PRAYER:
With unwavering faith and confidence, we ask Mary Magdalene, who has experienced persecution, abuse, violence, abandonment and betrayal heal and make whole all these situations and people. May the Divine Feminine, who knows Love, be recognized and may the Love of the Bridegroom and the Bride conquer injustice and inequality. May She Who was once silenced be now heard and may all who hear Her be blessed.