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Blackbird
04:45
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I heard the first blackbird caress the dawn’s stillness
It was like a door swinging softly into song
There was no fracture of the silence
The melody is millenic known
But infinitely varied
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Great star
02:51
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Great star of the morning, inner flame of the universe
Let us be a colour in this new dawning
Let us know fresh shinings in our soul
At the breaking of the dawn
At the coming of day
.....let us know the first lights of our hearts.....
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Intertwined
03:00
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In the gift of this new day
In the gift of the present moment
In the gift of time and eternity intertwined
Let me be thankful
Let me be attentive
Let me be open to what has never happened before
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New day
03:46
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All things come from you o god and to you we return
All things emerge in your great river of life and into you we vanish again
We wake not as separate streams but as countless currents in a single flow
The flow of this day’s dawning, the flow of this day’s delight,
The flow of this day’s sorrows
Your flow o god
In the twistings and turnings of this new day
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Whichever way we turn
02:59
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Whichever way we turn there is your face o god
In the light of the moon and patterns of stars
Whichever way we turn
In scarred mountain rifts and ancient groves
In mighty seas and creatures of the deep
In the light of the moon......
...in the light of eyes we love, in the salt of our tears
Whichever way we turn
In weathered faces east and west
In the soft skin glow of the child everywhere
In the light of eyes we love and the salt of our tears
Whichever way we turn, there is your face....
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Gaelic prayer
04:11
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As the rain hides the stars, as the autumn mist hides the hills
As the clouds veil the blue of the sky
So the dark happenings of my lot hide the shining of your face from me
Yet if I may hold your hand in the darkness it is enough
Since I know that though I may stumble in my going
You do not fall
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I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I stumble and falter, I gasp for my breath
The light is still shining, of that I am sure
It’s just that my own eyes can see it no more
I know the light’s shining for others to see
I just wish that my eyes could show it to me
The path it is rocky, the sides are so steep
My body is aching, I long just to sleep
The rain clouds are gathering, the wind blows so strong
The darkness surrounds me, the valley’s so long
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Today is much brighter, the sun brings relief
I drink in the beauty of flowers and fields
I live in the moment, free of all fears
I see the light shining, it’s shining for me
Even in this long valley today I can see
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We seek peace
03:08
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We seek peace at the setting of the sun, in the darkness of the night
We seek peace
With the whiteness of the moon in its splendour
We move with the Earth as it turns
We are carried by the hours in their passing
As we enter the dark with our years....
....we seek shelter in night’s sanctuary to find strength for our souls
We seek peace
To know peace in our prayers and our resting
We move with the Earth as it turns
With the whiteness of the moon in its splendour
At the setting of the sun, we seek peace
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When we are still
02:57
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It’s when we are still that we know
It is when we listen that we hear
It’s when we remember that we see your light o god
From your stillness we come, from you this moment shines
Grant us to remember you at the heart of each moment
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The blessings of sun, the blessings of moon
The blessings of east and of west to guide us on the way
To lighten our eyes, to strengthen our will and our loving
The blessings of sun, the blessings of moon
The blessings of Earth and air
The blessings of east, the blessings of west
To guide us and lighten our eyes
The blessings of Earth, the blessings of air
The blessings of fire and water to fill us with heaven
To free us with mercy
To stir us with flames of compassion
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We pause to listen
04:26
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As conscious thought surrenders to dreams
And our bodies long for rest
We pause to listen for the beat of your presence
In the darkness of night, your presence
Pulsing in the light of distant galaxies
Sounding in the depths of our soul
Vibrating in each vein of Earth’s body
We pause to listen
In the darkness of night
In the stillness that surrounds us
In the unknown depths of our being
We pause to listen....
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Jenny Vickers Holt, UK
Jenny is a Norfolk-based musician whose love of Celtic spirituality started in Northumberland and has been fed by the
writings of John Philip Newell. She has been performing her unique settings for the past ten years, often with Alan Heath on Celtic harp.
Contact Jenny if you would like to buy a CD.
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