Brigid: how the Imbolc goddess held me through grief
The Universe knows what medicine we need, even when we don’t.
In the town of Kildare in Ireland, a perpetual flame burns in honour of Saint Brigid, the patroness saint of Ireland. The flame was lit in 1993 by a Christian spiritual group called Solas Bhride and is tended by the Brigidine sisters — nuns who have dedicated their lives to Saint Brigid — just as it was many centuries ago. But who was Saint Brigid, and …
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