CARMINA GADELICA

Ortha nan Gaidheal

THE BAPTISM BLESSING

Thou Being who inhabitest the heights

Imprint Thy blessing betimes,

Remember Thou the child of my body,

In Name of the Father of peace;

When the priest of the King

On him puts the water of meaning,

Grant him the blessing of the Three

Who fill the heights.

The blessing of the Three

Who fill the heights.

Sprinkle down upon him Thy grace,

Give Thou to him virtue and growth,

Give Thou to him strength and guidance,

Give Thou to him flocks and possessions,

Sense and reason void of guile,

Angel wisdom in his day,

That he may stand without reproach

In Thy presence.

He may stand without reproach

In Thy presence.