February thanksgiving prayer

Thank you God

for the noticeably lengthening days

the lighter mornings and evenings

and the sense of expectation

from the sense of edging slowly towards the cusp of spring.

As the dark days of winter recede

we see the promise of spring

in the budding bulbs

popping up in the still cold earth.

For your faithfulness

shown in the rolling round of the seasons

we give you thanks.

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Prayer for spring (celtic)

A sleeping world emerges to new possibilities

Weakening winter’s icy grip And birdsong and bleating lamb

Announce to all the promise

That in due season

Creation bursts into life

And whilst leaves that fell in winter

Lie upon the ground

Soon to feed the earth

In nature’s wondrous cycle

Of death and rebirth

Within the tree is a stirring of new growth.

- Celtic prayer for spring (Fr. Peter Preble)

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