Celtic Nature Prayers Vol. 3: The Blessings of the Earth

God in Every Plant and Insect, Every Bird and Animal

When a long-ago Celtic Christian summarized our goal in life, he wrote that it was "to perceive the eternal Word of God reflected in every plant and insect, every bird and animal, every man and woman.” John Scotus Erigena, another Celt, believed all reality, including Nature, proceeds continually from
God. Erigena’s admirer, Christopher Bamford, explains, “All things—human nature, the universe, each one of us—are divine lights, luminous theophanies. The universe, the human soul, is a vast light-filled discourse, every word of which is uttered in and by The Word." The prayers contained here reflect this perspective. Read them . . . pray them . . . and join the vast light-filled conversation between God and Nature and your own inner being.