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
Category: Liturgy
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
A Meditation on Grief; an Invitation to Vigil
Photo taken by AN Gorniak, March 30th, 2020 I cannot, of course, speak for anyone other than me. We each have our own prism of self through which our inner and outer experiences refract to create a unique shape in the world. And like a suncatcher in the window or a bottle in the ocean, … Continue reading A Meditation on Grief; an Invitation to Vigil
A Ritual to Brighid
This ritual is written to celebrate Imbolc, ancient festival of mid-winter and the first stirrings of spring. In some places, the Earth is still covered in snow, pantries are getting thin as foodstuffs cannot be supplemented by garden or wildcrafting. Where I live in Coastal Texas, we often see the mightiest of our winter storms … Continue reading A Ritual to Brighid
