Yule 1999 Order of Service

Welcome to Our Celebration!

Before we begin...

Enjoy the antics of the Fool and other entertainments, 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 (The Wassailing Song)
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
Meditation, grounding and centering
Unity Chant (We Are One With the Mother)
Statement of Purpose - Yule is a time of joy as we celebrate the rebirth of the sun-god, Bel.

Declaring Center and Opening the Portals

Tree, Fire, and Well (The Portal Song)
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, Bríd, Aren, and Danu (feel free to offer a silent welcome to your own gods)
Archetypes - Acknowledging the three societal functions within us
Deity of the Occasion: Bel

Giving and Receiving

Passing the Candle - Direct your praise and energy to the candle to build a group offering. While oyu 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 candle to the person next to you.
Group Praise - Light is Returning
Main Sacrifice - Fire in Our Hearts/Kindle the Flame
Omen of Return - rune cookies
Return blessing - Wassail Song, tie ribbons on Yule tree
Cauldron blessing
Welcoming new members, officers, and guild members, and bestowing other honors

Unwinding and Closing

Recessional (And 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!

Yule Songs 1999

Processional:

The Wassailing Song

Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wand'ring
So fair to be seen

Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too,
And may all our Gods bless
you throughout the new year,
May the gods bless you through the year.

Unity:

We Are One With the Mother

(trad. ADF)

We are one with the Mother,
We are one with the earth,
We are one with each other,
By our lives, by our birth.

Opening the Ways:

The Portal Song

By Fire and by Water,
Between the Earth and Sky
We stand like the World-Tree,
Rooted deep, crowned high.

Come we now to the well

We will kindle a fire

Gather we at the tree

Group Praise:

Light is Returning

Light is returning
Even though this is the darkest hour
No one can hold back the dawn

Let's keep it burning
Let's keep the light of hope alive
Make safe our journey through the storm

One planet is turning
Circles on her path around the Sun
Earth mother is calling her children home.

Group Praise:

Fire in Our Hearts/Kindle the Flame

Fire in our hearts is burning, burning. (4 times)

Kindle the flame, I feel the sun returning,
Kindle the flame, the spark of love is yearning,
Kindle the flame, the fire of life is burning,
Kindle the flame.

Return Blessing:

Welcome Christmas

CHORUS 1
Fah who foraze! Da how doraze!
Welcome Christmas, Come this way!
Fha who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day!

Welcome, welcome!
Fah who rah-mus!
Welcome, welcome!
Dah who dah-mus
Christmas Day is in our grasp!
So long as we have hands to clasp!

CHORUS 2
Fah who foraze! Da how doraze!
Welcome Christmas! Bring your cheer.
Fah who foraze! Da how doraze!
Welcome all who's far and near.

Chorus 1

Welcome Christmas!
Fah who rah-mus!
Welcome Christmas!
Dah who dah-mus
Christmas Day will always be
Just as long as we have we!

Chorus 2

Recessional:

Now the Rite Is At an End

And now the rite is at an end, again we're parting ways
May truth and hour be your friend and lucky be your days.
I'll hold you dearly in my heart, I'll hold you in my mind,
And through 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.

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