Prayer or meditation
A prayer to the cosmic christ
O you who animate the universe
You who are mother and father to us all
You who give us the blessing of life
You who live inside us and without
May we learn to see You in creation
And may we find in this a comfort
And a celebration.
May we find a name for you
An alphabet of life and living
A is accepting that there are other points of view to be considered.
B is recognising what is beautiful in ourselves as well as in others.
C is nurturing curiosity in all and everything around us,
D is daring to be brave and speaking out against injustice, not easy to do.
E is enjoying what
Winter blessing
(Written during a winter of discontent)
Taste winter – let it nourish you.
Drink deep from the icy draught
the frozen lake holds out;
it is medicine for the soul,
more potent
than the sugared promises of summer.
Let the broken trees,
made wise by their losses,
cradle you in skeletal arms.
May the open
Offering prayer
This church is sustained by what we are able to bring to it:
Our time and our energy,
Our love and our resources.
The morning collection will now be gratefully received to support the work of this congregation.
All that is
I close my eyes with gratitude
I open my ears to hear another’s voice
I let go of what I think of how things should be
I feel the wind or rain or sun if I make sure that I do
I dance I move I take heartbeat shaking actions
And beauty
I create
I
The gift of land
I am alive and I am grateful for every breath, every moment, every step
These gifts are given to me, thank you for these gifts.
I am awake and I am in awe of each vision, each experience, each placed foot
These gifts appear for me, thank you for these gifts.
The greatest of all
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.