St. Brigid's Whisk & Hearth in the Sanctuary of the Spa

A little weekend online shopping at https://www.hearthcraftbrooms.com/

These quality brooms represent some of the whisk brooms that hang on the hearths in Ireland. This one is called Brigid’s Whisk. (I’m excited about receiving it).

Long ago in Ireland, Brigid's Fire burned within the shrine of her Sacred Enclosure, tended by nineteen priestesses. As times changed, as religions changed, the priestesses of the old religion were replaced by the priestesses of the new - and it was a group of Catholic nuns who tended the Sacred Fire of St. Brigid at Kildare - Cill Dara, the Church of the Oak - till it was extinguished during the Reformation.

Brigid is the Celtic Goddess of the Hearth fire of Life. Her fires burn in the vast deep of space - the fire of stars and galaxies. Her fires burn deep in the Fiery Heart/Hearth of our Mother Planet. They burn as the fiery heart of our solar system - the Sun. And they burn deep within us - as the nucleic fires of our cells, and as the fire of our life force.

“Let us rekindle the Sacred Flame from the smothered embers. Let us take up again the tending of the Sacred Fires of Life. For our ancestors, for our children, and for ourselves.” ~ St. Brigid

This little whisk will hang in the sanctuary as a symbol of Brigid’s giving spirit, benevolence, healing and nurturing nature. When I think of her, I feel the presence of a healer, a compassionate soul, an advocate for the less fortunate and a bringer of love and warmth to the hearts of all people. She is a builder of harmonious community, a truth seeker and a peaceful warrior.

I leave you with this beautiful Prayer to St. Brigid of Ireland ~

You were a woman of peace.

You brought harmony where there was conflict.

You brought light to the darkness.

You brought hope to the downcast.

May the mantle of your peace cover those who are troubled and anxious, and may peace be firmly rooted in our hearts and in our world.

Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.

Brigid you were a voice for the wounded and the weary.

Strengthen what is weak within us.

Calm us into a quietness that heals and listens.

May we grow each day into greater wholeness in mind-body-spirt.

Amen