Theme “Spring”
Closing words
May the icy fingers of winter release their grip, may you be warmed and enlivened
May spring unfurl her blossoms all around you,
may you be opened and renewed.
And may you share the gift of warmth, and openness all through your life, in the days to come until we meet again.
Imbolc blessing
May the ashes of all our fires replenish
May the snowdrops inspire our presence
May the soils sense the poetry that we all are
May fire hold and heal our community
May we walk our path with the knowledge of light
May we open willing and forever unafraid.
Breathing beltane
There could be dancing
There should be holding
There is the embrace of gratitude and a loving future of now
May you breathe Beltane blessings
Sapphire buds
Ruby blooming
Indigo fragrance folding into the grace of our hope
Beltane you deliver us again.
The path to easter
A responsive Lenten meditation
We kindle our flame of fellowship.
May it be to us a symbol of springtime’s
returning warmth and the Divine Light
that shines in every loving heart.
The Lenten Fast is with us.
We remember the wilderness days of Jesus:
his lonely struggle with the inner tempter,
with wild beasts for company
and
Eternal martyr
For Good Friday
We remember, today, the eternal martyr:
who offends the bigotry of others
and threatens their selfish insecurity;
who is the repressed conscience
and the uncomfortable truth –
integrity amidst corruption.
He is crucified, she is shot;
he is gassed, she is burned;
he is poisoned, she is hanged;
she is raped and beaten, he
Springtime blessing
May the blessings of the earth delight our springtime days,
and may the love of God that flowered in Jesus
be with us, in us, and between us, for ever.
Amen.
Spring
As we sizzle in summer, fall into fall, then wither in winter –
Now let us spring into spring!
As the joy of each bud breaks forth,
Let our hearts burst,
With the warmth and radiance of renewal.
New life, new hope.
Let us spring into spring!