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St. Brigid's Day!

"Second only to Saint Patrick as a patron of Ireland, Saint Brigid  holds a cross woven from rushes ('St. Brigid's cross'), which was her custom to make . . .and which are hung anew in Irish homes each year on her feastday. In the other hand she holds a bowl of 'Saint Brigid's fire,' a miraculous fire which burned at her convent for centuries." (Notes from Monastery Icons.)

 A puzzle for today:  St. Brigid's Cross

 And for our Wiccan friends who celebrate Imbolc or St. Brigid's Day - Greetings! May this, indeed, be the day when we turn toward the Spring.

 For us at Sanctuary House, this is a day of memory for our sweet cat, Alicia.




Alicia! Marion's cat -
Positive Magic -
Absolute love in my heart.
At the waning, cold Snow Moon,
At Imbolc, you leapt
Into vast eternity!
Blessèd be my Wiccan cat,
I so miss you here -
See you in the far beyond.
                                                                             (from Handful of Stars, © 2018)

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