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Imbolc 1998 Order of Service
Welcome to Our Celebration!
Before we begin...
Be welcomed, greet each other, and check out the Raffle items before the
Briefing. Words to the songs we will be singing are on the back of this
sheet.
Preparing ourselves for our time with the Gods and Spirits
- Processional and purification - We Are A Family Coming Home
- Bardic Invocation for our eloquence and inspiration
- Welcoming the Allies, the spirits of the people and their gods who
lived in this land before us
- Honoring our Mother Ana - Ana, Come Be With Us
- Meditation, grounding and centering
- Unity chant - Single Threads
- Statement of purpose - We celebrate the coming end of winter,
enjoying the last days of gathering together around the cozy hearth
before the activities of summer begin.
Declaring Center and opening the Portals
- Center, Fire, and Well - We honor especially the Fire and the Well as
sacred to Bríd.
- Acknowledging the Outsiders - the forces of chaos and change
- Invocation of Manannan mac Lir, our Lord of the Dead, to
guide and protect us in the Otherworld
Acknowledging and honoring our guests
- Ancestors - our beloved dead
- Nature Spirits - the spirits of the land and its creatures
- Deities: Lugh, Aren, Danu, and Bel (feel free to
offer a silent welcome to your own gods)
- Archetypes - acknowledging the three societal functions within us
- Deity of the Occasion: Bríd, our goddess of the
Hearth. As is traditional, we call to her three times, and her image is
brought in from outside and placed in her bed.
Giving and Receiving
- Passing the Bríd Cross: Direct your praise and energy to the
cross to build a group offering. While you hold it, you may give praise
or thanks to the gods silently or in the form of a vocal or physical
offering. When you finish, pass the cross to the person next to you.
- Main sacrifice - Make your personal offering to the community,
lighting a candle on the altar.
- Group praise - We Will Never Lose Our Way
- Omen of return - Runes
- Return blessing - Passing the Cauldron blessing and bread; receiving
the Brat Bríd
- Welcoming new members, officers, and guild members, and bestowing
other honors
Unwinding and closing
- Recessional - Now the Rite Is at an End
And afterwards... Join us for a potluck and socializing, and
don't forget to get your Raffle Tickets!
Imbolc Songs 1998
Processional:
We Are a Family Coming Home
©1998
Mama Moon
We are a fam'ly coming home.
We are gath'ring at the hearth.
Bríd will be welcomed at our home.
Bríd will
join us at the hearth.
Ana honoring:
Ana, Come Be With Us
by the
Shining Lakes Grove Bardic Guild
Ana, come be with us,
May your blessings ever flow,
Ana,
still and quiet,
Take our love beneath the snow.
Blessed Mother, Ancient and renewing,
Blessed Mother, take our
love below.
Unity:
Single Threads
©1996 Marae
Price and Kami Landy
Single threads entwined in weaving
Are our hearts and minds and
souls
As the branches weave the forest
So our joining makes us
whole.
Group Praise:
We Will Never Lose Our Way
(trad.)
We will never, never lose our way
To the well of her memory
And the power of her living flame, It will rise, it will rise again.
Closing:
Now the Rite Is at an End
©1996
Paul Kershaw and Marae Price
And now the rite is at an end, again we're parting ways
May truth
and honor be your friend and lucky be your days
I'll hold you dearly
in my heart, I'll hold you in my mind,
And though our branches grow
apart, our roots shall be entwined.
Note to Parents: Children are welcome to stay and attend the
ritual with you, but only if they are supervised. If they decide to leave
and go back to Child Care, they may not return to the rite.
Rob Henderson, SLG
Webmaster
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