I love the everyday-ness of Celtic prayers that can be found in collections like Carmina Gadelica (Alexander Carmichael) . When you have a Christian spirituality that has prayers for milking cows, for giving birth, for putting on the hot water, you’re in my world.
Today I donated blood. I thought it would be good to pray a Celtic prayer for the blood donation process. It went something like this, and I’d love for commenters to improve :-)
Pierced for our transgressions
You brought life to me and mine
May this piercing
bring life to others
for the sake of a healed world
Okay, I have no idea why I'm surprised, but this strikes me as incredibly beautiful.