The Liturgical Sacramentary of Bealtaine Quotes

“The oils we used on our torches and in our lamps have kept the darkness of night and predators at bay in our corporate and singular lives. Residual oil was even found in our ancestors’ campfires that were most likely from a meal shared in common around said fire. Oil was in one sense a residual and sign of community and social and cooperative sharing.”
― L.B. Ó Ceallaigh, The Liturgical Sacramentary of Bealtaine

“The dynamic and poetic symbol of water offers to the celebrant and receiver the act of covenant and joining in both community and spiritual health. One need not look any further than our own water sources to picture a oneness with the universe, life on our planet, or other human beings. Water is a sharing in this, our universe, and the world in which we live. Water is a blessing to all known life.”
― L.B. Ó Ceallaigh, The Liturgical Sacramentary of Bealtaine