All of the Earth waits for the refrain of our voices.
All of the rocks and bushes shudder with the track of life.
All of the vegetation and those who stay underneath the roots hum.
Angela Magara, from Psalm 114, Earth Psalms
This is the fourth and closing Solar Day earlier than Winter Solstice, and it’s the third Sunday of Christian introduction.
In case you are becoming a member of our world prayer circle for the primary time (it’s by no means too late, till after the ultimate lighting!), or if you happen to want to refresh your reminiscence as to the final steps of this Solar Wheel celebration, please visit here.
In case you are counting right down to Christmas solely, that is the third candle and it represents (in most church buildings) Pleasure. Many Christian introduction wreaths function this Sunday’s candle as a particular rose pink one, or else a royal blue.
This represents a shift from the purple of penitence to the lighter shade of anticipation and pleasure for the Divine Delivery.
Hail and Welcome, Guardians of the North
Many people celebrating Solstice are utilizing our candles to signify the Components and Instructions in our Solstice Sunwheel. In that case, then tonight we gentle the fourth candle, which can stand for the North, for the ingredient of Earth.
I really like that for all of us collectively, we’re celebrating Pleasure to the World. Allow us to want each other the Pleasure of the Earth.
For we are creatures of the Holy Mom Earth, and our our bodies and our spirits bear in mind this. We really feel what our Mom Earth feels, and when our chattering minds and noisy toys are silent, we are able to hear Her singing within the rush of our blood.
Who can assist however rejoice the splendid style of Her fruit and the scent of Her candy fertile physique?
Now, as we make the ultimate descent into the darkest moments of the yr, with even Girl Luna barely peeking by the darkness, each cell of our bodily being and our souls’ historical consciousness is aware of and remembers that the Wheel is popping, and we wait.
We’re on the cusp of the Ages, and the second of the nice rebirth is sort of upon us.
So we gentle the candles of the previous weeks: Air, Fireplace, and Water. One after the other, we name of their energy, their blessings, and align ourselves with the items of awakening and alter they provide.
Then, tonight, allow us to illuminate for the primary time our fourth (or third) candle collectively.
Tonight, we honor bone and stone, seed and flower. From darkest caves to the best mountaintops, we give thanks for the blessed Earth. We invoke Her energy, Her energy, Her nice cycles.
Silent Guardian of the North, we stand now on the ultimate threshold of your sacred time of Winter. Keeper of the deep locations within the Earth, the roots which might be past understanding, You might be additionally the North Star that guides our method residence.
And in concord with the third candle of our Christian mates, allow us to additionally name within the unfolding rose of Pleasure.
Allow us to all be part of collectively tonight in our world circle, my pricey ones. Let our prayers and magic empower us, as we help this nice birthing.
Allow us to name forth the very pleasure of the Earth. Could She come now — in Her laughter and splendor, reminding us that we’re all Her beloved, valuable youngsters.
Be part of us tonight, coronary heart to coronary heart, throughout the Earth, lighting the candles on our wreaths. Collectively, throughout time and geography, might the Earth sing to us of Her Divine promise.
Rejoice, rejoice! The delivery is at hand.
