Irish Blessing for Samhain and Halloween

Don't forget to visit Dianne Byrnes' Samhain event at Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle this Sunday! You won't want to miss our own "Gate Master" brother Tom Welch (pictured above). Here are a few Irish prayers to help protect you this month.

Blessing for Samhain
The Wheel of the Year turns
and with it comes celebration,
for this is a time of welcoming
Samhain, the end of summer
and the beginning of winter;
a time when we ask God to
bless us with a healing of
the land, plentiful water,
health, happiness, and
peace overall.

An Irish Blessing for Hallowe'en
At all Hallow's Tide, may God keep you safe
From goblin and pooka and black-hearted stranger,
From harm of the water and hurt of the fire,
From thorns of the bramble, from all other danger,
From Will O' The Wisp haunting the mire;
From stumbles and tumbles
and tricksters to vex you,
May God in His mercy, this week protect you.
Maureen McCabe