“To Brigid” by Mary Eileen Grace

  

To Brigid

 

 

Holy Brigid, Bride, you lead me home today,

Queen of Love, showing me my own true heart.

 

Fire ever lit, flowing milk that does not cease

to fill the hungry poor and give captives sure release.

 

Your compassion calls me out to do my part—

gather, listen, share, forgive and pray.

 

These seem so little, merely straw and coal

to stave off winter’s howling winds

 

and certain death. Yet still I know

myself called to take the plunge below

 

and enter your well of Wisdom, facing sins

of generations past to find your blessing:

 

Woman, be made whole.

 

 

 

 

Credits: This poem is a revision of one that appeared in Seasoning the Soul: Meditations for the Celtic Year (Pilgrim Spirit Communications), (2012, 2018), a collection of writings by members of “Brigid’s Circle.”  Mary Eileen Grace is a pen name of Eileen Loeher Knoff of Redmond, Washington.

Image: Ladybug in garden by Mael Brigde.

Brigit Well Meditation

Recorded 19 May 2025. A well meditation from my class, Discovering Brigit. You can simply listen, or you can prepare ahead: Make sure you come to this ritual free of makeup, body oils, and the grit of urban living. You will need: • a candle • matches • a pitcher of clear water • a bowl to receive it • a small towel to dry your skin • a large towel or earth (or a tub!) beneath you if you want to go wild with the waters (Image of bespectacled older white woman with hair tied back, dressed in a colourful dress, with sacred objects in the background.)