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A Prayer of St Columba

9/11/2015

 
Let me bless almighty God,
whose power extends over sea and land,
whose angels watch over all.

Let me study sacred books to calm my soul:
I pray for peace,
kneeling at heaven's gates.

Let me do my daily work,
gathering seaweed, catching fish,
giving food to the poor.

Let me say my daily prayers,
sometimes chanting, sometimes quiet,
always thanking God.

Delightful it is to live
on a peaceful isle, in a quiet cell,
serving the King of kings.
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Gartan, birthplace of St Columba

God bless the work !

9/4/2015

 
"God, bless our work this week,
From morning's waking
Till night's folding.
Bless our comings and goings,
The spinning of our labour and our lives.
May the ones we meet, 
Even those with whom we compete,
Be better for it.
God bless this week.
God bless this journey.
God bless the work. Amen."

(W.J. Fitzgerald)

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Ripening

9/4/2015

 
"Praise to you Sacred Spirit who ripens and brings to fruition, 
who knows the right time for things.
You know the quivering poise between readiness and fall, 
the delicate tension between gathering and letting go. 
Give me grace to know what is my season 
in the rhythms of my flourishing and fading 
as your love ever ripens in me."

(a prayer from “Celtic Wheel of the Year” by Tess Ward)


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The Lustration

9/4/2015

 
I AM bathing my face
In the mild rays of the sun,
As Mary bathed Christ
In the rich milk of Egypt.


Sweetness be in my mouth,
Wisdom be in my speech,
The love the fair Mary gave her Son
Be in the heart of all flesh for me.

The love of Christ in my breast,
The form of Christ protecting me,
There is not in sea nor on land
That can overcome the King of the Lord's Day.

The hand of Bride about my neck,
The hand of Mary about my breast,
The hand of Michael laving me,
The hand of Christ saving me.

Force in my mouth,
Sense be in my speech,
The taste of nectar on my lips,
Till I return hither.




(Carmina Gadelica)
Picture
St Gundred's Well, Cornwall

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