Daily Signet

Oh Holy Spirit,

Etch the star upon our foreheads, 
sign the star in a blessing of invocation, 
Call out in us our dust from stars 
to fill out this human instance
so we may intersect the miracle of birth and rebirth, 
of animal made human 
and human intersecting divine.  

Oh Holy Spirit,
Etch the star upon our foreheads, 
sign the star in a blessing of invocation.
Let us awaken to a Holy Night 
where spirit combines with conception 
and grows in the womb 
to be called out into life 
where a name is given and gifts abound.

Oh Holy Spirit,
Etch the star upon our foreheads, 
sign the star in a blessing of invocation.
May that star rise above our manger—
our trough of straw—our work, our words—
and signal a place for the Christ to be born anew.

 In Your Image.  Amen.  

Benjamin Martin

On This Day…

Hispanic Catholic Christian Blessing of the Animals

Pedro Calderon de la Barca born 1600 in Madrid: dramatist, poet and one of the foremost writers of the Spanish Golden Age. Works: plays; Life Is A dream, The Phantom Lady, The Great Theater of the World. Died, 1681. 
Quotes: “When love is not madness, it is not love.” “One may know how to gain victory and know not how to use it.”