A Celtic Blessing for Sunday

A friend who is a UCC minister in Vermont sent me this blessing tonight, and I pass it along for any who may find comfort in it:

May the Maker's blessing be yours,
encircling you
round you
within you.

May the angels' blessing be yours
and the joy of the saints to inspire you
to cherish you.

May the Son's blessing be yours,
the wine and the water,
the bread and the stories
to feed you
to remind you.

May the Spirit's blessing be yours,
the wind, the fire,
the still small voice
to comfort you
to disturb you.

And may my own blessing be yours --
a blessing rooted in our common pilgrimage,
the blessing of a friend.

[from The Pattern of Our Days, out of the Iona Community]