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Stephanos II · « **on:** October 10, 2013, 12:47:01 AM »

Catholic Celtic Prayers

Hymn at the Lighting of the Paschal Candle

Fiery creator of fire,
light giver of light,
life and author of life,
salvation and bestower of salvation,
in case the lamps should abandon
the joys of this night,
you who do not desire our death,
give light to our breast.

To those wandering from Egypt,
you bestow the double grace,
you show the veil of cloud,
and give the nocturnal light.
with a pillar of cloud in the day,
you protect the people as they go,
with a pillar of fire at evening,
you dispel the night with light.

You call out to your servant from the flame,
you do not spurn the bush of thorns,
and though you are consuming fire,
you do not burn what you illumine.
Now it is time that the cloudy bee-bread
should be consumed, all impurity boiled away, and the waxen flesh should shine
with the glow of the Holy Spirit.

You store now in the recesses of the comb the sweet food of the divine honey,
and purifying the inmost cells of the heart,
you have filled them with your word;
that the swarm of the new brood,
chosen by your mouth and spirit,
may leave their burdens and win heaven
on wings now free from care.

May Your Holy Angels

May your holy angels, O Christ Jesus, Son of the living God,
tend our sleep, our rest, our bright bed.
Let them reveal true visions to us in our sleep, O high prince of the universe, O great and mysterious king.
May no demons, no injury or terrifying dreams disturb our rest, our prompt and swift repose.
May our waking, our work, and our living be holy; our sleep, our rest, without hindrance or harm.

O God, Lord of Creation

O God, Lord of Creation, I invoke you. You are my gracious counselor. Do not turn your face toward me, for you are my judgement without betrayal.

You are my king. You are my law. Yours is my flesh, my body. I love you, blessed Christ, for my soul is yours tonight.

Let me not conceal it, O King. May I be in your royal dwelling all my days. Do not leave me behind, O God.

Excerpt from the Broom of Devotion

O holy Jesus,
gentle friend,
morning star,
midday sun adorned,
brilliant flame of righteousness, life everlasting and eternity,
fountain ever-new, ever-living, ever-lasting,
heart’s desire of patriarchs,
longing of prophets,
master of apostles and disciples,
giver of the law,
prince of the new testament,
Saviour of the saved,
Judge of doom,
Son of the merciful Father without mother in heaven,
Son of the true virgin Mary, without father on earth,
true and loving brother

Poem to the Virgin Mary - Welsh Poems

Blessed virgin who bore God and took care of him with tender love,
Bright, with goodness full,
Mary miracle, the lion’s precious love,
Virgin once, and virgin still

Stephanos II · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:17:57 AM »

Seraphic Father St. Francis, Praises at all Hours

Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty, Who is and Who was and Who is to come
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Lord our God, You are worthy to receive praise and glory and honor and blessing
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
The Lamb Who was slain is worthy to receive power and divinity and wisdom and strength, and honor and glory and blessing
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit:
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Sing praise to our God, all you His servants and you who fear God, the small and the great.
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Let heaven and earth praise Him Who is glorious
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
And every creature that is in heaven and on earth and under earth and in the sea and those which are in them.
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit:
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.

Let us pray:

All-powerful, most holy, most high, and supreme God:
all good,
supreme good,
totally good,
You Who alone are good; may we give You all praise, all glory, all thanks, all honor:
all blessing,
and all good things.
So be it.
So be it.
Amen.

St. Francis, The Our Father

O OUR most holy FATHER,
Our Creator, Redeemer, Consoler, and Savior
WHO ARE IN HEAVEN:
In the angels and in the saints,
Enlightening them to love, because You, Lord, are light
Inflaming them to love, because You, Lord, are love
Indwelling and filling them with happiness, because You, Lord, are the Supreme Good,
the Eternal Good
from Whom comes all good
without Whom there is no good.
HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME:
Mav our knowledge of You become ever clearer that we may know the breadth of Your blessings
the length of Your promises
the height of Your majesty
the depth of Your judgments.
YOUR KINGDOM COME:
So that You may rule in us through Your grace
and enable us to come to Your kingdom
where there is an unclouded vision of You
a perfect love of You
a blessed companionship with You
an eternal enjoyment of You.
YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN:
That we may love You with our whole heart by always thinking
of You
with our whole soul by always desiring You
with our whole mind by directing all our
intentions to You and by seeking Your
glory in everything
and with our whole strength by spending all our energies and affections
of soul and body
in the service of Your love
and of nothing else
and may we love our neighbors as ourselves
by drawing them all with our whole strength to Your love
by rejoicing in the good fortunes of others as well as our
own
and by sympathizing with the misfortunes of others
and by giving offense to no one.
GIVE US THIS DAY:
in memory and understanding and reverence
of the love which our Lord Jesus Christ had for us
and of those things which He said and did and suffered for us.
OUR DAILY BREAD:
Your own Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES:
Through Your ineffable mercy
through the power of the Passion of Your Beloved Son together with the merits and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all Your chosen ones.
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST
US:
And whatever we do not forgive perfectly, do you, Lord, enable us to forgive to the full so that we may truly love our enemies and fervently intercede for them before You returning no one evil for evil
and striving to help everyone in You.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
Hidden or obvious
Sudden or persistent.
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Past, present and to come.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

St. Francis, Antiphon at all the hours

1. Holy Virgin Mary,
among women,
there is no one like you born into the world:
2. you are the daughter
and the servant of the most high and supreme King
and Father of heaven,
you are the mother of our most holy Lord Jesus Christ,
you are the spouse of the Holy Spirit.
3. Pray for us
with Saint Michael the Archangel
and all the powers of the heavens
and all the saints
to your most holy beloved Son, the Lord and Master.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

St. Francis, Prayer at all hours

Let us bless the Lord, the living and true God; to Him let us always render praise, glory, honor, blessing, and every good. Amen. Amen. So be it. So be it.

Stephanos II · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:24:34 AM »

Celtic Prayers of the Church in Ireland with Patrons St. Patrick and St. Columbanus and St. Columbkille

COMMUNION HYMN

Come, you holy ones, receive the body of Christ,

Drinking the holy blood by which you were redeemed.

You who are saved by the body and blood of Christ,

Let us praise God, by whom we are made anew.

By this sacrament of the body and blood,

All have escaped from the jaws of hell.

Giver of salvation, Christ, the Son of God,

Has saved the world by his cross and blood.

The Lord has been sacrificed for all,

Himself both priest and victim.

The law commanded the sacrifice of victims,

Foreshadowing the mysteries divine.

Bestower of light and Savior of all,

He granted most noble grace to his holy people.

Let all draw near with pure and faithful minds,

Let all receive the protection of eternal salvation.

Stephanos II · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2013, 03:12:46 AM »

O Christ Jesus, radiant light

of the immortal glory of the Father of heaven! As the sun sinks to its setting

we are face to face with the twilight of evening: we honour God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

You are worthy ever to be hymned by voices that are pure, Son of God who gives us life.

The universe proclaims your glory.

Athenegoras, Christian martyr, at the lighting of the lamps