Blessing for Sunday
A Mother holds her children’s hands for a little while … their hearts forever. [author unknown] Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
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Blessing for Sunday
Calm be they sleep as infants’ slumbers! Pure as angel thoughts thy dreams! May ever joy this bright world numbers Shed o’er thee their mingled beams! Thomas Moore Irish Songwriter (1779-1852) CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart’s core. W.B. Yeats [Irish writer and statesman (1865-1939)] CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright happy hours That stay with you all year long. CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
Lov’d land of the bards and saints! To me There’s nought so dear as thy minstrelsy; Bright is Nature’s every dress, Rich in unborrowed loveliness; Winning is every shape she wears, Winning is she in thy own sweet airs… Thomas Furlong Irish Poet ( 1794-1827) CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
A Blessing for You and Yours this Easter Sunday Bless the four corners of this house, and be the lintel blessed. Bless the hearth and bless the board, and bless each place of rest. And bless the door that opens to strangers as to kin, And bless each shining window that lets the sunlight in. Bless the oak tree overhead, Bless every sturdy wall, and … Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
Far dearer to me than the tones music yields, Is the lowing of the kine and the calves in her fields And sunlight that shone long ago on the shields Of the Gaels, on the fair hills of Eire, O James Clarence Mangan Irish Poet (1803-1849 CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you. CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
Whenever there is happiness Hope you’ll be there too, Wherever there are friendly smiles Hope they’ll smile on you, Whenever there is sunshine, Hope it shine especially for you to make each day for you as bright as it can be. Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing For Sunday
May the raindrops fall lightly on your brow; May the soft winds freshen your spirit; May the sunshine brighten your heart; May the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you; And may God enfold you in the mantle of his love. CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing For Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
May there always be work for your hands to do, May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane, May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
May you be poor in misfortune, Rich in blessings, Slow to make enemies, And quick to make friends. But rich or poor, quick or slow May you know nothing but happiness From this day forward. CITATION Irish Blessings Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
Blessing for Sunday
May joy and peace surround you, Contentment latch your door, And happiness be with you now And bless you evermore Continue reading Blessing for Sunday
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