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PRAYER

O Lord our God If we should forget you in this month of Solmonath* we only need to look to the sky.

The February stars tell your story.

The Snow Moon shines out your glory.

Sparkling Alpha Centaurids and Beta Leonids adorn the fi rmament like dancing fi refl ies in the night.

All creation cries out praise to its Cosmic Creator! May we not crush by our feet the petals of the primrose, the hopeful faces of the violet, the early crocus or the saddened head of the late snowdrop.

For this is the month of the pearl, the amethyst and the iris, of the melting snows and the jewelled droplets as ice melts.

So, melt hearts hardened by the winter’s winds and icy pastures as we lift our faces to welcome the Spring.

Hearts fi lled with love in confessions that grant us a forgiveness worthy of your Son’s sacrifi ce. Candlemas gifts of humility; that we might honour his coming spiritual wisdom to meet the days that follow sincerity of heart and mind to off er to your children.

*early Anglo-Saxon word for February sol meaning mud, therefore mud-month

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