A Gaelic Blessing - spoken by the first person to enter the home on Christmas Day
Behold the Virgin, Child at breast,
O Mary Virgin! O Holy Child!
Bless ye this house and all therein.
Bless ye the food, bless ye the board,
Bless ye the corn, the flock, and stores.
When things were scarce, were ye, O Mary, mother to us.
Thou art brighter than the waxing moon, rising over the mountains.
Thou art brighter than the summer sun, under the fullness of joy.
Servant am I of god the Son, standing here on the threshold,
For the sake of God, arise thyself and open to me.
O Mary Virgin! O Holy Child!
Bless ye this house and all therein.
Bless ye the food, bless ye the board,
Bless ye the corn, the flock, and stores.
When things were scarce, were ye, O Mary, mother to us.
Thou art brighter than the waxing moon, rising over the mountains.
Thou art brighter than the summer sun, under the fullness of joy.
Servant am I of god the Son, standing here on the threshold,
For the sake of God, arise thyself and open to me.