I found this article in ‘Times Of India’ newspaper under what used to be called Speaking Tree Section. I really liked the wordings of Irish Prayers there! And what can be the best way to keep them with me, other than posting them on my sweet Blog!
“May there always be work for your hands to do. May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your window pane. May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of friend always be near to you, and May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you”.
Often the brevity holds a sweet poetic reality: “May you have warm words on a cold evening. A full moon on a dark night. And the road downhill all the way to your door. If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.”
John O’Donohue, the Irish Catholic poet and theologian in his last book “To Bless the Space between us” has written,”Blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen ….. when a blessing is invoked, a window opens in eternal time.”. His blessings for solitude says,”May you learn to see your self. With the same delight, pride and expectation, with which God sees you in every moment.”
“On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you…”.. “And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life.”
Blessings for All of you, Blessings for the whole universe!
The Purple Drizzle 