Transform within the magic of the darkening time. She sings of the crops that have fallen to the groundĭwell upon the seed and your own spark of life. She sings of the seeds worked upon the field We turn the seasons wheel and the darkness closes in Now is the time to bring magic to fruition The fruits of labor she now bears Dance in celebration for the harvest time is here The Sun King embraces the Mother in her fullness Settle into a time of quiet, light a candle Set up your own home prayer space to honor the seasonal shift. Pick up a few treasures while you are out walking to bring some bits of nature into your home – some leaves, a few acorns, some dried berries perhaps. We are invited, called to restore balance in an unbalanced world.Ĭelebrate the turning colors, the deepening colors of the berries, the ripening seeds. This harvest and transition to Autumn comes in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, racial disparities and climate disasters of floods and fires. From this day forward our nights will grow longer, with the incremental difference growing larger each day until Solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere we’re turning toward the fallow period of regeneration, of going within and plumbing the recesses of our creative souls. Mabon marks the last spoke in the Wheel of the Year. It acknowledges the waning power of the sun and the coming, once again, of the darkness. Mabon marks the 2nd harvest, and light and dark are in balance for a brief moment. Mabon is a Fire Festival and one of the Lesser Sabbats, celebrated on September 20, 21, or 22, depending on when the Autumn Equinox falls. The summer ends, and it is time to look another way. MEDITATION 470: Celtic Prayer Circle: Mabon/Autumnal Equinox, September 22, 2021 We hope and pray that you find peace, healing, hope and the infusion of joy in your life! We truly believe that it is God's economy of abundance: when we share our blessings, our thoughts, our feelings, we are all made richer.
In the spirit of our philosophy of co-creating community and our awareness that the Spirit speaks through each of us, we invite you to share your meditations with us as well. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action. We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace-wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. I was struck by the line: we are moving "toward the fallow period of regeneration, of going within and plumbing the recesses of our creative souls." We join you in plumbing. We received this meditation from Mercy by the Sea Retreat House. The words are printed below in saddle brown.
Part of the reflection invites you to listen to Jenna Greene singing The Harvest Song: Today's Meditation celebrates Celtic Prayer Cycle: Mabon/Autumnal Equinox, September 22, 2021.
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