| YULE Focus: Share peace, stability, grounding, love in the New Year North: Spirit of the North, Element of Earth. Please join us tonight in this Yule Rite. Bring with you, your gifts of stability in the home and nourishment of body and soul. Blessed Be. East: Spirit of the East, Element of Air. Please join us tonight in this Yule Rite. Bring with you , your gifts of communication with one another and health of the body and soul. Blessed Be. South: Spirit of the South, Element of Fire. Please join us tonight in this Yule Rite. Bring with you, your gifts of compassion with one another and changes of our daily life. Blessed Be. West: Spirit of the West, Element of Water. Please join us tonight in this Yule Rite. Bring with you, your gifts of Emotional growth of the body and soul and Beauty of your earth and life. Blessed Be. Invocation Lady, you who are the beauty of the snowy earth and the white moon among the stars, the mystery of the waters, the desire in the heart of humanity We invite to you to come among us and attend this rite, for you are the soul of nature that gives life to the universe. Lord, You who are the freedom of the wild things the bright sun that lights the day the mystery of the forest the resolve in the heart of humanity We invite you to come among us and attend this rite, for you are the body of nature who gives life to the universe. Welcome to the Yule Rite, I thank you for being able to join us tonight. This is a time of family weather they are chosen or our beloved ones. Yule is traditional on the 21st of the month and is the shortest day of the year, longest night. This is also the first day of winter, and with the temperatures we have been having looks to be a rough winter. A SUN KISSED GLADE, WITH ANIMALS ALL AROUND, A NATURAL ALTAR TO OUR LORD AND LADY, THEIR LOVE AND JOY, ALL AROUND US ABOUND, ON BENDED KNEE, WITH HONOR AND PRAISE, WE GIVE THANKS TO THEE, ON THIS SPECIAL DAY. BY: MICHAEL DEAN WALDREP I have brought a wishing tree with me tonight for us to write our wishes of the coming year on. It was a custom of the past homes to bring an evergreen into the home to represent the promise of renewed fertility. Cakes and Ale: May we share in feast for the nourishment of our body and souls. Cookies: May you never hunger and sweetness is in your life Ale: May you never thirst and rejuvenated always Thank you, Goddess of the Moon for attending these rites in your honor, and for sharing with us your gifts of compassion and wit. Hail, and farewell. Thank you, God of the Sun for attending these rites in your honor, and for sharing with us your gifts of freedom and rejuvenation. Hail and farewell. West: Spirit of the West, Element of Water. We thank thee for coming to our ritual tonight. We bid thee hail and farewell, in love and in peace. Blessed Be. South: Spirit of the South, Element of Fire. We thank thee for coming to our ritual tonight. We bid thee hail and farewell, in love and in peace. Blessed Be. East: Spirit of the East, Element of Air. We thank thee for coming to our ritual tonight. We bid thee hail and farewell, in love and in peace. Blessed Be. North: Spirit of the North, Element of Earth. We thank thee for coming to our ritual tonight. We bid thee hail and farewell, in love and in peace. Blessed Be. Copyright: Pam Emanuele aka Gata De La Luna Yule 2002 |