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A book full of wonderful prayers, readings, and poems from Scotland and Ireland on the left pages and from Wales on the right pages--definitely a book worth reading for Christians! Here's just an excerpt from the last entry in the book:
Darkness tends towards light
Sweet as the honeycomb, And nourishing and healing, Are all heaven's chastisements And the strokes of my Father's rod: Each cross, each woe, each strong wind Ripens saints for heaven.
This was my first exposure to Celtic verse, and I am quite struck by it. It has a bold, simple style which belies its richness and its repetitions of key phrases make it chant-like. The fact that it has a distinctly medieval flavor also doesn't hurt it any. ;)