Processing out singing “Canticle of the Sun” and the Garden Blessing: S. Katherine tossing earth, S. Suzanne reading the praye
Blessing Prayer for a Garden
Lord of Creation,
who planted Your own garden called Eden,
come and bless this soil which is to be our garden.
All that dies becomes earth,
and so it lives again.
May this garden soil
be both womb and tomb,
a home for death and life,
so that seeds of living things—
S. Mary Margaret sprinkling the holy water around our flower gardens
of plants, of food and flowers—
may die and resurrect
here in our garden.
Ancient earth,
our mystical mother,
teach us, your children,
that all things die
to nourish life.
Gentle earth,
be blessed with our love
as we work in you.
Make us mindful that one day
you will be our final bed
of love and ecstasy.
Amen
From Prayers for the Domestic Church by Ed Hays
Brenda Lisenby
We used this text for the Garden Blessing we had earlier this week–related to “rogation days” –but also in preparation for the upcoming Eagle Scouts who will be providing some new landscaping around the monastery. —Brenda Lisenby
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