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Celtic Prayers

I checked this one out the library on a whim.  I was getting a couple of other books that were recommended to me and will hopefully show up on future ABAWs and I saw this one and checked it out too.  I am glad I did.

If you click ont he link above, get ready for some sticker shock.  I’m thinking of buying one of the cheaper used ones before they go up.  I don’t know if this book is out of print or what, but I’m going to be pretty careful with it so I don’t have to replace it.  In fact, I may return it tomorrow.

This book is a wonderful collection of very old Celtic prayers.  I sat on our back deck and read through them tonight it was very neat to read words hundreds of years old that still spoke to me today.  I do want a copy of this book to refer back to.  I suppose this is the Celtic Valley of Vision.  I won’t write as much as last week’s book.  I’ll just leave you with a sampling or two that I found poignant.

A Million Miracles

O Son of God, perform a miracle for me: change my heart.

You, whose crimson blood redeems mankind, whiten my heart.

It is you who makes the sun bright and the ice sparkle;

you who makes the rivers flow and the salmon leap.

Your skilled hand makes the nut tree blossom, and the wheat turn golden;

your spirit composes the songs of the birds and the buzz of the bees.

Your creation is a million wondrous miracles, beautiful to behold.

I ask of you just one more miracle: beautify my soul.

The book is broken up into 4 parts with two chapters to each part: Earth & Heaven, Sea & Sky, Day & Night, Animals & Birds, Mind & Soul, Guidance & Safety, Wealth & Poverty, Life & Death.  Each chapter contains several thoughts and mediations on the subject at hand.  I’ll leave you with one more.

Keep reading.

Confession

Jesus, forgive my sins.

Forgive the sins that I can remember, and also the sins I have forgotten.

Forgive the wrong actions I have committed, and the right actions I have omitted.

Forgive the times I have been weak in the face of temptation, and those when I have been stubborn in the face of correction.

Forgive the times I have been proud of my own achievements, and those when I have failed to boast of your works.

Forgive the harsh judgments I have made of others, and the leniency I have shown to myself.

Forgive the lies I ahve told to others, and the truths I have avoided.

Forgive me the pain I have caused others, and the indulgence I have shown to myself.

Jesus have pity on me, and make me whole.