The love and affection of the angels

Written By Brian Suntken

Originally from the Carmina Gadelica III, 207

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The love and affection of the angels be to you,‍ ‍

The love and affection of the saints be to you,‍ ‍

The love and affection of heaven be to you,‍ ‍

To guard you and to cherish you.

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Taken from Esther de Waal, editor, The Celtic Vision (Liguori, MO: Liguori/Triumph, 1988, 2001), p. 166

For sixty years the folklorist Alexander Carmichael (1832–1912) traversed Scotland's Outer Hebrides isles collecting and translating the traditions of its Gaelic-Catholic people. His eventual trove contained a little of everything — their ballads, prayers, proverbs, hymns, charms, incantations, runes, poems, tales and songs. Carmichael's labor of love was published in six volumes across seventy years as Carmina Gadelica ("Hymns of the Gael").

‍Read more at www.amazon.com/CELTIC-prayers-blessings-Hebrides-1988-05-03 and www.amazon.com/Celtic-Vision-Blessings-Invocations-Tradition

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Brian Suntken

It’s my sixtieth trip around the sun this year. I share some wisdom, some photography, some poetry and prayers for the journey ahead.

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