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It’s an excellent autumn day in Seattle. The leaves are starting to alter color, however the shiny colors of dahlias, cosmos and geraniums inform me that summer season remains to be within the air. We’re nonetheless harvesting tomatoes and basil and apples, however my ideas have shifted to subsequent yr’s backyard and what must be planted now to make it flourish. We have a tendency to consider spring because the planting season, however in nature it’s autumn when seeds are scattered and settle into for his or her winter relaxation earlier than sprouting because the climate warms. Planting, then relaxation, then development. Such a fantastic rhythm that God has devised for our earth.

It’s time to organize for a gradual season of relaxation and respite. I’m definitely prepared for it. As I discussed in my Meditation Monday – Making a Circle of Mild, I changed all of the batteries in my candles over the weekend and am having fun with the morning consolation of their heat glow. Establishing this circle of sunshine round my sacred area is considered one of my favorite rituals of autumn. What are the rituals that floor you because the seasons change? How do you reply to the lengthening or shortening days, relying on the place you might be on the planet. So vital to have rituals that assist us by way of the transitions.

My put up, Religious Observe – Writing Prayers and Poems with A Celtic Flavour supplied one other potential method to greet this new season. I shared a few of my Celtic model prayers and invited you to create your personal. It’s a lovely method to mirror on our days and intertwine God’s presence into our rhythm.

At this time, we printed the third Liturgical Rebels episode on Celtic spirituality, an interview with John Philip Newell, John Philip Newell, Celtic trainer and creator of spirituality who calls the trendy world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and each human being. he has authored over fifteen books, together with his award-winning publication, Sacred Earth Sacred Soul, which was the 2022 Gold Winner of the Nautilus E book Award for Spirituality and Non secular Considered the West. His new guide, additionally with HarperOne, is The Nice Search (August 2024), by which he appears to be like on the nice religious yearnings of humanity as we speak within the context of the decline of faith as we’ve got identified it. John Philip was an extremely fascinating individual, and I might have talked to him for hours. I believe you’ll all actually take pleasure in this interview.

I proceed to make progress on my guide Celtic Creation: Following an Unfamiliar Path, however am engaged within the not so enjoyable technique of modifying and including citations I missed. My biggest failing – incomplete bible references. Hopefully we are going to add the manuscript on Friday. Speak about a enjoyable venture to work on although. I hope you benefit from the completed venture as a lot as I loved engaged on it.

On Godspacelight, in Freerange Friday – Sitting within the Lap of A Tender God, Lilly Lewin talks about Fr Greg Boyle’s newest guide The Complete Language: The Energy of Extravagant Tenderness. This is a vital guide and I like the way in which she weaves the teachings she realized from it with the week into her reflections on this week’s gospel studying.

Trying forward – October ninth is Indigenous Peoples Day  and I recommend in preparation you learn this nice put up from a few years in the past by Rachel Taber Hamilton. Growing our consciousness of the peoples who as soon as inhabited our houses and of the genocide that was typically completed to “clear” the land for our ancestors. As Rachel says “Genocide isn’t one thing to have fun, although it may be vital to commemorate. Nations which were cast from the forces of colonialism have been constructed upon the premise of clearing away and subjugating indigenous peoples in physique, thoughts and spirit.” A lot right here that’s vital to recollect.

We’re additionally shifting quickly into what I prefer to name my “gratitude season” – the times between Canadian Thanksgiving, this yr on October 14th, and American Thanksgiving on November twenty eighth. It’s time to consider the way you would possibly wish to form this season. In preparation you would possibly prefer to reread this put up – Making Gratitude A Lifelong Behavior. Creating seasons like this that mark the seasons and likewise the vital celebrations of our cultures is a superb method to floor our lives within the presence of God.

Many blessings on you this week.

Give your self the reward of stillness,
Each outdoors and in.
Attain for the surprise of every second.
Be transfixed by the sweetness,
In a flower, a life, a beloved face.
Love is born afresh in each second of the day,
If solely we’ve got eyes to see,
And ears to listen to,
The surprise of it.

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