We arise today
in the Eternal Flow of Mercy
who was here when the land began to breathe,
when the first tribes began to roam,
and when the colonists came to settle.
We arise today
in the Eternal Flow of Wisdom
who is dimly perceived in the stones,
the stories and the studies of all our peoples.
We arise today
in the Eternal Flow of Life
who seeps through land and limb and love.
Amen.
About Ray
Ray describes himself as a Celtic New Monastic for Tomorrow's World. He is the Founding Guardian of the international Community of Aidan and Hilda, a movement of Christians who seek to restore Christianity as a way of life with a rhythm of prayer, work, learning, service and re-creation. He is a principal tutor in its Celtic Christian Studies programmes and an author of over thirty books on spirituality, changing church and society, and liturgy. He lives on UK's Holy Island of Lindisfarne, near to the Community's Retreat and Study Centre, The Open Gate. He engages in mentoring, leadership training and lectures and leads retreats in several continents.
Ray is ordained an Anglican priest and as a church planter has been recognised as a Methodist and as a United Reformed minister, as a minister to Baptists, as a Quaker adherent and he was commissioned by a Catholic Diocese to ‘build one family of Christians’.
Other interests include the gym, hill scrambling, galleries and films. He has family in Norwich UK and Cork, Ireland.
a prayer...
books
His Complete Celtic Prayers -
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The Cowshed Revolution
£12.99 + P&P
Spirit leaping, fount of life
Whose timeless source is never dry
Flow into me ‘ere down I lie
Spirit of God, fire us up with the boldness of noble deeds.
God of sea and land, impart to us, as you did to St. Brendan, an adventurous spirit as pioneers and pilgrims of the faith of Christ.
Make us fertile ground, ready to receive the gifts you wish to shower upon us.
On rigid old codgers and the rest of us, come Divine Wind that blows across barriers.
On narcissistic millennials, and on the rest of us, come Self-sacrificing Flame (pre Pentecost Tweet of the Day).
A cloud hid you from sight when you were raised to Life Without Limits: when our lives are clouded take us in hand (Prayer Tweet of the Day)
Moment by moment I've grace from above.
Moment by moment I'm kept in His love -
Looking to Jesus until down comes the Dove.
You promised us the Counsellor:
'Please grace and guide us evermore'
(Daily Prayer Tweet)
You left our sight with prints of love
Pour blessings on us from above.
