I'm working on building a liturgical calendar for my personal use and observances.  Please note this is my own work and is not some ancient pre-Christian Celtic/Welsh Pagan holy days calendar.  However, it is based on the seasons and Welsh traditions and folklore as much as I am reasonably able to discern.

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I'm sharing my progress on this ever-evolving project of my personal faith in case it may be of some inspiration to others.

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Why have a path-specific liturgical calendar?  I generally agree with what John Beckett has to say on the topic, so I will defer to him rather than ramble on writing about virtually the same thing. 

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Please click the title links to read the relevant articles from John Beckett's Patheos Blog: Building Your Own Liturgical Calendar and Toward Deeper Rites: The Obligations of our Seasonal Celebrations.

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But, basically, I'm making a liturgical calendar because...

 

1. It helps me keep track of the seasons and moon phases and stay mindful about the changes in the natural surroundings wherever I am living.

2. It helps me connect with Welsh culture and traditions -- the culture the Gods I worship originate from.

3. The seasonal observations allegorically reflect the human life cycle and the cycles of day and night, and so each holiday is steeped in multiple layers of symbolic meaning even just on its face, before even delving into the multi-layered symbolism of the myths of the Gods or the folklore.  

4. Last but not least: I like it, it is right to honor the Gods and the ancestors and the seasons and the Earth, and it feels good.  "I like it" is not the first, and certainly not the only, consideration that needs to be taken into account when building a practice, but it's definitely a factor!

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