I see in myself those things I rebuke in others:The lack of compassion,The dismissal of what lives between our words,The impatience with those who just don't understand as I think they should.Ogma, I pray you turn the light of your countenance upon me that my bias may be illuminated.Help me to champion right-action justly through … Continue reading Prayer a Day- November 9
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Prayer a Day- November 8
Some weights we must carrySome wounds we cannot healMay these weights then remind me to feel into the gravity and glory of beingMay these wounds then be thresholds through my heart and yoursChiron, Wise and Wounded One, I ask your aidThat I may have the fortitude to abide here in my own wise and wounded … Continue reading Prayer a Day- November 8
Prayer a Day 2020- November 7
Words flow across an image of the Cumberland River at sunset:A Prayer to the CumberlandAs I walk to the river's edge there is a welling darkThe kudzu reaches as though to enfold, inviting me inThe sunset dances on the waters and I prayI pray that I may sink into my own darkness as gracefullyI pray … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 7
Prayer a Day 2020- November 6
On a background of office clutter is written a prayer to friends I'm letting go:Spirits who surround me, friends and comforters and guides, I value so much the gifts you've brought to me through being in this home, in my life. As with all things, we have changed, and for some of us our time … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 6
Prayer a Day 2020- November 5
A cantrip-esque prayer for healing, this can be repeated 3-9 times untill it feels right before adding the final line. It was originally written for a friend and I've it since for my godkids, my husband, even the dog, and by both wrapping the actual person or a poppet or image of them using my … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 5
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I used to carry a cathedral in my pocketSanctified by the hush between a silver kiss and the upwelling of iron and salt that served in place of tears.There was a time when a maelstrom lived behind my eyes, haunting the tips of my fingersand the corners of my lips, hungering and gravid.Sometimes still it … Continue reading Home
Prayer a Day 2020- November 4
Against a sunset sky, a signpost is silhouetted. The prayer reads:Brighid before me.Brighid behind me.Brighid to the left and to the right of me.Brighid protect and guide me.This day and every day,This night and every night,So may it be.Image is from Unsplash on Spark Post.
Prayer a Day 2020- November 3
Image is of the United States Constitution on parchment overlaid with a prayer for a night when it seems so much hangs in the balance:Brig of the Judgements, I beseech youOn this day of democracy, as we seek to give voice to the will of our people:Brig Brethach, touch our words with inspiration that we … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 3
Prayer a Day 2020- November 2
Zephyr, weaving your caress into hair,trailing across dampened cheeks and trembling eyelids,Your gentleness an undoing, untangling the silencing snarl of grief and rage and hopeweighing breath and body and heart.Your invitation to presence a playful exchange, tension turned effervescent in my bones and I awaken to safety and to choice.Empyrean one, gratitude flows through me, … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 2
Prayer a Day 2020- November 1
On an image of bread in a basket lined with linen and salt in a small ochre dish, an invitation to the Ancestors is written:Ancestors, I call you!Mighty and Beloved Ones,Heroes and Allies of my many lineages,Of blood and bone,Of heart and mind and spirit,I call to you!Ancient Ones, whose names have been lost but … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 1