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JOHN WARD'S RITUAL OF TAKING
HOLY ORDERS
the renunciations
1. For doubting my erotic power and goodness. ..Kyrie Eleison
2. For betraying men who loved me. ..Christe Eleison
3. For being a sexual sneak and standing in the shadows. ..Kyrie Eleison
4. For hating and envying men who wear the smile of sexual satisfaction. ..Christe Eleison
5. For imposing my desires without care or thought. ..Kyrie Eleison
6. For silencing my desires out of shame or fear. ..Christe Eleison
7. For demanding what was truly not for me. ..Kyrie Eleison
8. For not claiming what was truly mine. ..Christe Eleison
9. For my rigid and distant stance. ..Kyrie Eleison
10. For taking hostages. ..Christe Eleison
11. For scorning to learn the arts of love and living in deprivation...Kyrie Eleison
12. For refusing to be happy and to make another happy...Christe Eleison
the vows and prayers
I
I take the veil of Lover and I vow to love like I'll never be hurt.
Sweet brother Jesus, make me fierce and tender in all my desires.
II
I take the veil of Father and I vow to my daughters and sons the gift of my undivided
attention.
Sky Father, Earth Mother, parent me as I parent my offspring.
III
I take the veil of Husband and I vow to be constant to my beloved.
Spirit of the Garden, Spirit of the River, suffer me not to be separate.
IV
I take the veil of Elder and I vow to speak and to be silent, in wisdom and truth, for the good
of all the tribes.
O my Father, may I walk like a King and laugh like a Child.
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