The Illuminating Spark: Lunar Eclipse Prayer

A prayer in honor of the recent total lunar eclipse.

(Image description: A photo of the moon in four stages of an eclipse. The first one is partly red and partly shining. The next one is a vivid red, while the remaining two are covered by increasing darkness. Stars and wispy, cosmic gases are seen in the dark background.) Credit: Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash

Lunar Eclipse Prayer

Brighid of Moonlight,

transform Your radiance

to reflect crimson light

in Your sacred waters,

like fiery tendrils dancing.

Brighid of the Fire-in-Water,

may the moon’s glow

inspire us to seek,

to know and to grow,

as tides stoking the flames.

Brighid of Smithcraft,

illuminate the moon

like a burning coal in the sky,

to shape, to strengthen,

when our hearts’ mettle is tested.

Brighid of Healing,

imbue the moonlight

shining in Your wells

with clarity and vigor,

so that our minds aren’t clouded.

Brighid of Poetry,

inspire our hands and hearts

to push the darkness away,

as a lantern, a beacon,

like moonlight upon a path.

Brighid of the Ancestors,

foster wisdom within us

to enlighten us to kindness,

the proper rhythms against injustice,

like the placement of Earth, moon, and sun.

As it was,

as it is,

as it ever shall be.