Writing Brigit


Writing Brigit

Many years ago I wrote my first Brigit prayer. Poem. Blessing... I have been writing them ever since, but seldom publish them. Some are carefully researched and crafted, some are simple and straight from the heart. (Belated update: I did eventually publish a book called A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars. It contains many of my Brigit poems and prayers, essays, and resources.)

The prayers and blessings of my sisters in the Daughters of the Flame and other Brigit-loving women and men, living and long-dead, fill me with surprise and delight, as well.

I would like to share some of these writings with you.

Following is the one that signs off each of my emails, a reminder to guide my words and intentions with care when I write to anyone. It's as good a place to start as any.


Flame Offering

In the name of the three Brigits

I light the candle of my heart

May I offer it to everyone

gentle and steady

warm and bright



01 December 2022

Sun Poem, Two Variations by Kersten Christianson

 



Brigit’s Light:  A Break from Rain

 

To remind us of her presence,

the sun opens her blinds

occasionally.

She dusts the glass-beaded crystals

waiting in windows

and washes my space in gold.

She travels across hushed waters

slipping silently into the sea.

 

(As published in Brigit: Sun of Womanhood, 2013)

 


Sun

 

Occasionally she opens

the blinds, to remind me she is there.

 

She dusts the glass-beaded

baubles swinging in the windows.

 

She washes in gold light

my bookshelves, my desk,

 

the dust collected in the corners,

the spider plant drooping on the sill.

 

She goes about her day,

moving across hushed waters,

 

gliding silently into the wine-dark sea.

 

(As edited and published in Something Yet to Be Named, 2017)

 

 

 

 

Image: Kersten's window, by Kersten Christianson.


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