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Dance of Creation: Celtic Prayers of Celebration and Insight, Repentance and Restoration
Holy Spirit,
breathe upon the cosmos.
May it share in Christ’s resurrection
and grow with the birth pangs of his kingdom.
May we, even in the middle
of its groanings and agony,
be instruments of its healing
and breathe peace upon it this day.
In the prayers collected in this book, Ray Simpson asks us to “hear the cry of the earth and work together to ‘choose life’” (Deuteronomy 30:19). He reminds us that Divine life courses through Earth’s rivers, breathes through her winds, and sings in each life form she nourishes, and he invites us to celebrate Earth’s beauty as we learn from her deep wisdom. At the same time, with a prophet's clear voice, he calls to us to repent of our selfishness and ignorance, and commit ourselves to the Earth’s healing and restoration. "Come!" he says. "Celebrate! Learn! Repent! Take hands and work together! Join in Creation's dance with all your strength and soul!"
May every soul join with the song Nature sings.
May the birds sing,
may the trees clap,
and may we humans taste and dance.
breathe upon the cosmos.
May it share in Christ’s resurrection
and grow with the birth pangs of his kingdom.
May we, even in the middle
of its groanings and agony,
be instruments of its healing
and breathe peace upon it this day.
In the prayers collected in this book, Ray Simpson asks us to “hear the cry of the earth and work together to ‘choose life’” (Deuteronomy 30:19). He reminds us that Divine life courses through Earth’s rivers, breathes through her winds, and sings in each life form she nourishes, and he invites us to celebrate Earth’s beauty as we learn from her deep wisdom. At the same time, with a prophet's clear voice, he calls to us to repent of our selfishness and ignorance, and commit ourselves to the Earth’s healing and restoration. "Come!" he says. "Celebrate! Learn! Repent! Take hands and work together! Join in Creation's dance with all your strength and soul!"
May every soul join with the song Nature sings.
May the birds sing,
may the trees clap,
and may we humans taste and dance.
Kindle Edition
Published January 15, 2023
About the author
Ray Simpson
89 books15 followersRay Simpson is Founding Guardian of the international Community of Aidan and Hilda and the author of forty books on Celtic spirituality and other subjects.
Before that he was invited to plant a Fresh Expression at Bowthorpe, Norwich: 'One Family of Christians for one New Neighbourhood' sponsored by six denominations. He has linked early Celtic monastic villages with villages of God inspired by emerging new monastic churches.
He owns a house on UK's Holy Island of Lindisfarne, where the Community of Aidan and Hilda has its Retreat House, The Open Gate and Celtic Library, but is mainly based on the nearby mainland at Berwick-Upon-Tweed.
His big project is to make 'The Way' accessible to
all peoples through daily emails (enrol on www.waymarksoflife.com) and a year's app is being crowd funded.
Before that he was invited to plant a Fresh Expression at Bowthorpe, Norwich: 'One Family of Christians for one New Neighbourhood' sponsored by six denominations. He has linked early Celtic monastic villages with villages of God inspired by emerging new monastic churches.
He owns a house on UK's Holy Island of Lindisfarne, where the Community of Aidan and Hilda has its Retreat House, The Open Gate and Celtic Library, but is mainly based on the nearby mainland at Berwick-Upon-Tweed.
His big project is to make 'The Way' accessible to
all peoples through daily emails (enrol on www.waymarksoflife.com) and a year's app is being crowd funded.
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