Mothers Day Rite
Hail
to the Great Mother
On this
most blessed of days
To all
her Earthly representatives
We give
praise
Heavenly
fire
The
spark that makes life
Be with
us now
on this
nights rite
Blessed
waters
Of our
birth does flow
Be with
us now
While
our reverence we show
Earth
that makes the very flesh we are
Be with
us now
While
we offer up to the stars
Air we
used for our first cry in the night
Be with
us now
While
we sing to she who gave us life
Hail
Mother Bridget
Whose
mantle over the birth bed falls
Who
gives from your own hand
Nectar
of the Gods
Hail
Modron the Matronae
Triple
Mother who walks thur life
Hand
in hand with all its strife
Hail
Danu great water of life
Thy
healing
hand on the world this night
Mother
of the Gods
Be with
us for the rite
First
flowers of Spring
Do we
offer this day
In grateful
homage
For
our lives we pray
Spiral
Goddess whose life force spins
Down
through the ages
Life
is born again and again
Hail
to the Life force
Cosmos
Mother
Who
gave birth to all things
Around
and around does life sing
On this
day we give thanks
For
our lives that we live
To she
who bore us
All
Honor to the Mother
For
the gift that she gives
Crowned
in Glory
Covered
in light
Is she
who gave us life
Who
guided our steps
When
we first learned to walk
Who
taught us the ways
When
we first learned to talk
Who
gave of herself
That
we might know life
Whose
hand protected us
From
all strife
All Hail
the Great Mother
To all
Womankind she gave a gift
To bring
forth life
As she
did in the beginning
All Mothers
are Goddess blessed
May
the Great Mother smile
On them
this day, and bring them the best
Heavenly
fire
That
sparked all life
We thank
you now for being here
on this
nights rite
Blessed
waters
Of our
birth did flow
We thank
you now for being here
While
our reverence we did show
Earth
that makes the very flesh we are
We thank
you now for being here
While
we offered up to the stars
Air we
used for our first cry in the night
We thank
you now for being here
While
we sang to she who gave us life
Blessings
Be
