Yule Blessing

Origionally posted 12/09. Posted again in 12/11 with gratitude and thanks for loved ones, health and hope.  My thoughts today are with those less fortunate who could use our help this season.  Do what you can. Sia. 

This Yule blessing comes to us courtesy of the good folks at the Portland Revels. It is a poem for the New Year by Irish poet and spiritual teacher John O'Donohue. I would encourage everyone who reads this to make a donation to a charity of your choice - the need this year is very great.

A Blessing for the New Year BEANNACHT On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble May the clay dance To balance you And when your eyes Freeze behind The gray window And the ghost of loss Gets into you, May a flock of colors, Indigo, red, green And azure blue, Come to awaken in you A meadow of delight. When the canvas frays In the curragh of thought And a stain of ocean Blackens beneath you, May there come across the waters A path of yellow moonlight To bring you safely home. May the nourishment of the earth be yours, May the clarity of light be yours, May the protection of the ancestors be yours. And may a slow Wind work these words Of love around you, An invisible cloak To mind your life. from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings, Doubleday, 2008 by John O'Donohue If you would like to hear the words of this blessing spoken with a lovely Irish accent by the poet himself, here is a link to a youtube recording: Beannacht Wishing the blessings and peace of the Winter Solstice to you and yours, Sia Welcome Yule!