Celtic Daily Prayers for Week of May 31 2026

In May 2015, Peter Wohlleben, a German forester, published The Hidden Life of Trees.  I have always loved Trees, so I got the book and read it at night before falling asleep.  I was fascinated by his discoveries about the unseen and amazing lives of Trees.  Reading that book confirmed my sense of wonder about Trees and Forests and Soil.  Eleven years later, we know even more about our amazing world of Tree communities and Fungi and Root systems and so much more.  Trees are intricate, highly functional, and support all our lives!  Where would we be without the goodness of Trees ?

As we learn more about the extraordinary nature of Creation, it is easier for us to understand the Celtic tradition that all Creation is Sacred.  Based on their prayers and traditions, Celtic people experienced Creation as an inherent and continual expression of the Creator.  Even though their daily lives were often very challenging, Creation was their treasure of food, remedies, life lessons, beauty, and humor, all from the gracious bounty of our Creator.  Their faith was rooted in their experience of the natural world as a living sanctuary where the divine is deeply and eternally present.

 

~ Celtic Morning Prayer ~

 

“You are above me, O God

You are beneath.

 You are in Air. 

You are in Earth.

You are in water.

You are in Fire.

 You are here beside me.

 You are within.

  O God of heaven, you have made your home on earth

 in the body of Creation.  

This day, kindle within me a love for you in all things.” 

~ Celtic Evening Prayer ~

 

Come to us this night, O God,

Come to us with light.

Let the tools be stored away, 

let the work be over and done.

We light a light in the name of the Maker,

Who lit the world and breathed the breath of life for us.

We light a light in the name of the Son,

Who saved the world 

and stretched out his hand to us.