celtic spirituality rev dr stephen skuce academic dean, cliff college [email protected]
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Non dualistic
Life as pilgrimage
Prayer
1 Imagination
2 Lorica or breastplate
3 Blessing
4 Caim or circling
I bind unto myself this day, The strong name of the Trinity, By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three.
Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in the hearts of all that love me, Christ in the mouth of friend and stranger. - From the Lorica of St. Patrick
Saints, angels and
unseen world
Humanity showing God’s
glory
Life as struggle to
overcome sin
Penitentials
Power Encounters
Spiritual disciplines
1 memorise scripture
2 worship via 5 senses
See B Spinks The Worship Mall
(London: SPCK, 2010) pp159-182
3 Soul Friend
‘Anamchara’
4 Scholarship
Monastic tradition
Skellig Michael
Positive view of others and their faith
My Druid is Christ, the son of God, Christ, Son of Mary, the Great Abbot, The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. St. Columba
Creation awareness
Trinity
Thin Places
Worship as life
I would like to have the men of Heaven in my own house: With vats of good cheer laid out for them. I would like to have the three Marys, their fame is so great. I would like people from every corner of Heaven. I would like them to be cheerful in their drinking, I would like to have Jesus too here amongst them. I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings, I would like to be watching Heaven's family, drinking it through all eternity. attributed to St. Brigid
Solitary life
a) Desert places ie Skellig Michael
b) Martyrdoma) Red
b) Green
c) White
Celtic Cross
Bibliography
Tracy Blazer Thin Places (Abiline, TX: Leafwood, 2007) David James The Celtic Tradition (Cardiff: St David’s
Press, 2007) Thomas O’Loughlin Journeys on the Edges: The Celtic
Tradition (London: DLT, 2000) Ray Simpson Celtic Spirituality (Grove, 2003)
http://www.northumbriacommunity.org/
http://www.iona.org.uk/