Awhile ago, there was a discussion of 'blessed be'. Recently, I picked up 'A Contemporary Prayer Book' and found this (among oodles of other things).
Prayer at Rising- Option B-
O God, You endowed the Celts
With keen senses and great imagination,
Seeing and sensing more than meets the eye;
Wee people- fairies, leprechauns,
Out there, all around!
Help us to have discerning eyes,
For TV images "out there"
Speeding through the air!
Heroes, villains, long-dead stars
Are out there and then- in here!
Blessed be the mysteries unraveling.
Blessed be dancing and singing.
Blessed be drama and storytelling.
Blessed be athletes performing.
Blessed be worlds connecting.
Cursed be prurient pandering.
Cursed be greed manipulating.
Cursed be violence unrelenting.
Cursed be illusions lying.
Cursed be hope depleting.
O God, help us to discern the difference
Between blessings and curses,
Soul feeding and soul depleting,
Transforming and mesmerizing,
Quality and mediocrity.
I think I better understand 'blessed be!' now.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/2019 08:03PM by Shop-et-al.