The Illuminating Spark: Smooring the Hopefire

A prayer of hope.

(Image description: A photo of a kneeling woman in front of a fireplace. She wears her hair up and wears a light-colored, striped shirt. A string of lights hangs near the fireplace.) Credit: Photo by Ashim D’Silva on Unsplash

For one reason or another, the world feels like a dark place right now. It’s difficult to see where humanity is headed, but hope is still like a flame that must be keep alight. As such, I wrote this prayer to reflect that need. This prayer is loosely based off of the Smooring the Fire prayer from the Carmina Gadelica.

Smooring the Hopefire

The Three Brighids

To soothe,

To kindle,

To guard,

The hope,

The heart,

The world,

This day and this night

Each day and each night,

Through each of the Three Realms.