{"id":845,"date":"2009-01-23T23:25:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T05:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=845"},"modified":"2010-10-01T15:51:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T21:51:42","slug":"845","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/23\/845\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can hear the pitter patter of the rain falling outside my window as I sit here writing this post. I love it when it rains . . . for some reason it relaxes and calms me.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, I read a prayer attributed to St. Ciaran, who founded the monastery at Clonmacnoise and wanted to share it with you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-861\" title=\"candleglow1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/candleglow1.jpg\" alt=\"candleglow1\" width=\"280\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/candleglow1.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/candleglow1-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mothers of Life,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You bless the Earth that gives us food,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>shelter, clothing, and tools for our<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>work and play, and that provides<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>the many paths that lead us through life,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Forgive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mothers of life<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You bring water from the sky and from<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>deep in the Earth to cleanse and<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>refresh us and keep us moist and living,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Forgive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mothers of life,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You nurture us in the long bright days of<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>summer and in the rich darkness of night<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>and winter, you teach us the mysteries of<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>the moon and stars,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Forgive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Everyday Goddessing\u00a0 is about     sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful     Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a     wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that     everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.  \u2013    Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can hear the pitter patter of the rain falling outside my window as I sit here writing this post. I love it when it rains . . . for some reason it relaxes and calms me. 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