Today in the Catholic church is the Easter vigil – the celebration of the new holy water and eternal fire that will burn for the next year. Given the current situation, going to church to get new holy water or light a candle with the new fire is out of the question. This evening our family will have a little ceremony around our fire table, lighting candles to welcome in a new year and following one of these rituals to make our own holy water.
For those unfamiliar with holy water, you can use it to bless just about everything. We are back to intentions here. It could be a blessing for safety, welcoming in love, clearing out everything that isn’t love. We regularly spray it around the house after cleaning – bring in a little blessing to our space.
For meditation today:
- Light a candle and consider blessing the fire with the words of blessing you may have identified for yourself in an earlier meditation.
- Get a spray bottle or small bowl of water – holy water if you have some or made some would be great. Spray or sprinkle all around and over you, if you wish. Continue to use your words of blessing with the water.
- Find your comfortable position for this practice.
- Turn your attention to your breath. Begin the diaphragmatic breathing, emptying completely with the exhale and filling from the bottom up with the inhale.
- Practice a grounding exercise in this space you have created with the new holy light and holy water.