Thursday, 1 January 2015

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In Celtic spirituality, every day is a new day with God, a new start. A good interpretation of the following prayer can be found at this blog

God, bless to me the new day,

Never vouchsafed to me before;

It is to bless Thine own presence

Thou hast given me this time, O God.

Bless Thou to me mine eye,

May mine eye bless all it sees

I will bless my neighbour,

May my neighbour bless me.

God, give me a clean heart,

Let me not from sight of Thine eye;

Bless to me my children and my wife,

And bless to me my means and my cattle.

A traditional Celtic prayer translated by Alexander Carmichael (1832-1912), compiler of oral traditions in Scotland. Source: Academia