Each day and night give us Thy peace

Good Wednesday morning, my friends.

A colleague of mine at Promise Keepers Canada turned me on yesterday to a publication called "Carmina Gadelica - Hymns and Incantations". (This is a collection of prayers and folk poetry from the Western Isles of Scotland translated from the original Gaelic.)

This was the prayer that was sent to me and I really feel it connects my heart with God's.  I hope (and pray) that it blesses you as it blessed me.  And speaking of being blessed, the video below, of my own cousin Kelley Mooney, is (in my humble and non-biased opinion) simply amazing.  As she explains in her introduction, she was asked to sing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at a church service.  After looking up the lyrics online, she decided that it wasn't exactly appropriate for that environment, and sat down to re-write the lyrics.  Let me know what you think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guhr0Vh2hE0

Grace and peace to you in abundance,

Bruce

I AM bending my knee

In the eye of the Father who created me,

In the eye of the Son who died for me,

In the eye of the Spirit who cleansed me,

     In love and desire.

Pour down upon us from heaven

The rich blessing of Thy forgiveness;

Thou who art uppermost in the City,

     Be Thou patient with us.

Grant to us, Thou Saviour of Glory,

The fear of God, the love of God, and His affection,

And the will of God to do on earth at all times

As angels and saints do in heaven;

Each day and night give us Thy peace.

     Each day and night give us Thy peace

(http://www.ramshornstudio.com/for_grace.htm)

Bruce MacPherson macpherson@celtic.ca