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  • For Lo, the Winter Is Past!

    For Lo, the Winter Is Past!

    A liturgy celebrating the Spring Equinox

  • Ritual Words

    I’ve been working on a set of quarter calls and releases, with the idea of singing them. Today, I’m posting calls for Ostara.  You can find it at Ostara Quarter Calls I’ve done a set for Mabon and Yule, which I’ll post soon. I’ve used this process to explore my own creative impulses, as well…

  • Alban Eiler (Spring Equinox) Quarter Calls

    Introduction This assumes a group setting. Please feel free to adapt for solitary use. LEADER 1:    At this time of balance, at this time of awakening,we celebrate Ostara, the Spring Equinox. LEADER 2:    We Honor the Fertile Earth. We Honor the Warming Breezes. LEADER 1:    We Honor the Waxing Light. We Honor the Nurturing Rains.…

loaf of bread, cup of wine, and candle

I Am the Bread of Life

David Ensley Oct 6, 2026

This is a celebration of the beginning of the harvest…

manuscript illustration of Jesus feeding the multitude

A Tale of Two Feasts

David Ensley Aug 2, 2026

A person sowing seeds, weeds, wheat, a mustard seed, yeast,…

As Winter’s Darkness Closes In

As Winter’s Darkness Closes In

David Ensley Jul 17, 2025

As winter’s darkness closes inWe gather here withinTo hear a…

stone circles in Scotland

Circle Us, O God

David Ensley Mar 11, 2025

A caim prayer is an ancient Celtic prayer form asking…

collage of icons of Irish saints

Daily Prayer – All Saints

David Ensley Feb 25, 2025

Approach and Invocation Brothers and sisters, + our help is…

Wheat field

Lammas, the Feast of Bread

David Ensley Aug 4, 2024

Happy Lughnasadh, y’all! Also called “Lammas,” this is the feast…