Readings
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
Come in to the circle of community
Come into this circle of community. Come into this sacred space.
Come into this circle of community. Come into this sacred space.
Be not tentative. Bring your whole self!
Bring the joy that makes your heart sing.
Bring your kindness and your compassion.
Bring also your sorrow, your pain.
Bring your brokenness and your disappointments.
Spirit
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.
Earth spirit
A Story Telling Earth
Great Spirit show and sow the seeds
Help us hear the voices of the Earth
I am listening help me hear.
Help my hands respect your very essence
Help my ears to hear again the lessons you have delivered to so may of us so many times
Help my mind to discover the
Peace vigil
Examine your faith
And bring it to the peace vigil.
Recognise a discord or a certainty
And with love and integrity
Bring it in peace.
Examine your society
And bring it to the peace vigil.
Identify disruption and the many many uncertainties
And without a faith in deities
Bring it in peace.
Examine your nation among nations