"A Winter Solstice Blessing" | From the Pagan Tradition

14/12/2020 1 min
"A Winter Solstice Blessing" | From the Pagan Tradition

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From the Pagan Tradition | A Winter Solstice Blessing
Chanted by Natalia Schwien, MTS II

Seasons of Light is hosted by Harvard Divinity School's Office of Religious and Spiritual Life under the direction of Christopher Hossfeld, Director of Music and Ritual, and Kerry A. Maloney, Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life.

The full video recording of Seasons of Light 2020 can be found on the HDS YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVuYb9d7tCc&t=587s

TRANSCRIPT:

A fire is burning

The long night draws near

All who need comfort

Are welcome by here



We’ll dance ‘neath the stars

And toast the past year

For the spirit of solstice

Is still living here



We’ll count all our blessings

While the Mother lays down

With snow as her blanket

Covering the ground



Thanks to the Mother

For the life that she brings

She’ll waken to warm us

Again in the spring



The poor and the hungry

The sick and the lost

These are our children

No matter the cost

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