Here are prayers and blessings that sanctify the simplest of daily activities, from washing your face, to getting ready for bed at the end of the day. Invoking God in praise, intercession, and thanksgiving, these eloquent words from a long-ago people are a gift to those of us who live in the twenty-first century. They remind us to look for the holiness of the everyday and the real presence of God in Creation.

In Earth Afire with God: Celtic Prayers for Ordinary Life, the editors of Anamchara Books have selected some of the finest of the beautiful, deeply meaningful prayers Alexander Carmichael collected from ordinary people living in Scotland more than a hundred years ago. Written in accessible modern language, these prayers will illumine your life.