Blessing of Brigid

 St Brigid  - February 1st

 Brigid, the saint of hospitality, has many blessings already and the custom of clearing the winter vapours and renewing the spiritual air with a house blessing sealed with a handmade Brigid's Cross is one I have held to for years. 
Another blessing will never go amiss.

Brigid's Blessing

The hand of the Creator God bless this home

In its making and its keeping

In its holding and its welcoming 

In its stones and in its land

May the Father bring his strength

And the Mother bring her care.

May all be blessed and be a blessing to others

The hand of the Son of Man bless this home

May it be a place where the Child sleeps

And the Mother rests

May the Christ sit at its table 

And walk in its gardens 

May his words welcome the stranger

May all be blessed and be a blessing to others

The hand of the Spirit of God bless this home
May her breath renew within and without

In the heart and hearth of faith

In the fire of wisdom

May her whispers be words of peace

And the beat of her wings bring courage

May all be blessed and be a blessing to others

The hands of the Sacred Three bless this home
In the coming in and the going out
In the sitting and the resting
In the spoken word and the listening ear
In the welcome and the farewell
May the Three bind it in their dance of grace
May all be blessed and be a blessing to others

Blessed be

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