It was this Odu that revealed howOnmmila ta\lght huDl8,Dity how to serve him and

how to offer food to him to provide salvation to peop)e. Let us now examine how to g~-eet
Orunmila in the morning which we shall call the morning prayen-in Ifism.
MorniJII Prayers to Onmmila:
Orunmila ajiborisa kpero,
I offer you morning greetings;
In the name of my Odu (name your Odu);
Just as you wake up every morning;
To offer greetings to Olodumare;
The Creator and Father of all existence.
I thank you for bringing me;
To the beginning of another day;
For guarding me through my sleep;
, To see this morning and to look forward;
To the chores of another day;
I thanl you most especially;
For not allowing me to offend my fellow men:
Throughout yesterday, because you have ordained;
That to serve God, according to the divine laws;
Your children should be able to tell you;
Every morning that they have succeeded;
In resisting the temptations;
To do any wrong against Olodumare;
The two hundred (200) divinities;
All the children of God; ,
And the society in which they live
Furthermore, in ~ccordance with your injunction;
I have refrained from avenging all wrongs;
Done to me by my relations, friends and foes, and
done good turns to all my friends ancl enemies alike;
Help me also to neutralise all evil plans against me;
Just as you will neutralise
Any Qvil, that I might be tempted;
To plan against my fellow men;
Because as you have proclaimed;
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That is the universal secret; ,

. Oflong.life and end.urlngpros~rity.
Protec:t me today as alw~ys from all dapgers;
And evils in my abodet phi~ of work, alld in my interactions
with other.s .
. ,(Add any other special desire for the day);
. And touch the ground with your head in obeisanc~ to Orunmila. That is what he does
to God every morning which earned him the title of Ajiborisa kpero. That is, the divinity
who wakes up every morning to give thank!; and prayers to the Almighty God, on behalf
of himself, all his children and followers. That is ,Why he ha"s enjoined his adherents to
do the same to him every morning. As long as they are able to. offer such prayers in good
faith and conviction, he pro:m,ise.ti to protect them throughout their lives.