Comments on: A Habit of the Wildest Bounty: Feast of St. Brigid http://paintedprayerbook.com/2009/01/31/a-habit-of-the-wildest-bounty-the-feast-of-st-brigid/ Artist and writer Jan Richardson explores the intersections of word & image & faith. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:44:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rev. Allie Playfair http://paintedprayerbook.com/2009/01/31/a-habit-of-the-wildest-bounty-the-feast-of-st-brigid/#comment-1849 Rev. Allie Playfair Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:43:21 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=674#comment-1849 Jan, Your blessings overflow and my congregations have been immersed in the beauty of your thoughts over the years as I have been inspired and quoted from your pages. Often, when I have felt spiritually dry, I have come to drink at your well. Thank you May you continue to receive the abundant grace of God's love in all you are and all you do. Jan,

Your blessings overflow and my congregations have been immersed in the beauty of your thoughts over the years as I have been inspired and quoted from your pages. Often, when I have felt spiritually dry, I have come to drink at your well. Thank you May you continue to receive the abundant grace of God’s love in all you are and all you do.

]]> By: Jan Richardson http://paintedprayerbook.com/2009/01/31/a-habit-of-the-wildest-bounty-the-feast-of-st-brigid/#comment-723 Jan Richardson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:43:57 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=674#comment-723 Many thanks, Magdalene. I love this story! Like so many of St. Brigid's legends, there is some question about its historicity, and also about the source of Bishop Mel's possibly befuddled state that contributed to his ordination of her, but it's one of those stories that recognizes Brigid's remarkable, divine gift of leadership. For those who may not be familiar with the story: the earliest written source of it is the Bethu Brigte (Irish Life of Brigit, probably from the 9th century), in which we read that at the ceremony where Brigid and her fellow virgins were to be consecrated as nuns, "the bishop, being intoxicated with the grace of God there, did not know what he was reciting from his book, for he consecrated Brigit with the orders of a bishop. 'Only this virgin in the whole of Ireland will hold the episcopal ordination,' said Mel." The Bethu Brigte goes on to tell, as Magdalene mentioned above, that "while she was being consecrated a fiery column ascended from her head." (A side note: this is a good example of the variations that exist in the spelling of Brigid's name. The sources variously spell it as Brigid, Brigit, and Bride, among others.) Many thanks, Magdalene. I love this story! Like so many of St. Brigid’s legends, there is some question about its historicity, and also about the source of Bishop Mel’s possibly befuddled state that contributed to his ordination of her, but it’s one of those stories that recognizes Brigid’s remarkable, divine gift of leadership. For those who may not be familiar with the story: the earliest written source of it is the Bethu Brigte (Irish Life of Brigit, probably from the 9th century), in which we read that at the ceremony where Brigid and her fellow virgins were to be consecrated as nuns, “the bishop, being intoxicated with the grace of God there, did not know what he was reciting from his book, for he consecrated Brigit with the orders of a bishop. ‘Only this virgin in the whole of Ireland will hold the episcopal ordination,’ said Mel.” The Bethu Brigte goes on to tell, as Magdalene mentioned above, that “while she was being consecrated a fiery column ascended from her head.” (A side note: this is a good example of the variations that exist in the spelling of Brigid’s name. The sources variously spell it as Brigid, Brigit, and Bride, among others.)

]]> By: Magdalene http://paintedprayerbook.com/2009/01/31/a-habit-of-the-wildest-bounty-the-feast-of-st-brigid/#comment-718 Magdalene Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:57:11 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=674#comment-718 This is just lovely. I am captivated by your artwork! Don't forget that Bishop Mel consecrated Brigid a bishop... there is a Catholic church in my hometown that has a lovely stained glass window depicting her with a bishop's crozier and the apostolic flame atop her head. This is just lovely. I am captivated by your artwork!

Don’t forget that Bishop Mel consecrated Brigid a bishop… there is a Catholic church in my hometown that has a lovely stained glass window depicting her with a bishop’s crozier and the apostolic flame atop her head.

]]> By: Jan Richardson http://paintedprayerbook.com/2009/01/31/a-habit-of-the-wildest-bounty-the-feast-of-st-brigid/#comment-714 Jan Richardson Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:47:06 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=674#comment-714 Very many thanks, Elizabeth and Lynn! I appreciate your sharing in the celebration across the miles! Very many thanks, Elizabeth and Lynn! I appreciate your sharing in the celebration across the miles!

]]> By: lynn http://paintedprayerbook.com/2009/01/31/a-habit-of-the-wildest-bounty-the-feast-of-st-brigid/#comment-712 lynn Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:15:17 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=674#comment-712 What a blessing you are!- thank you for this Feast Day treat! What a blessing you are!- thank you for this Feast Day treat!

]]> By: Elizabeth Nordquist http://paintedprayerbook.com/2009/01/31/a-habit-of-the-wildest-bounty-the-feast-of-st-brigid/#comment-700 Elizabeth Nordquist Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:07:05 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=674#comment-700 I was just trying to frame a response to the other two contributions of the week, and here you are with more. I too love St. Brigid and what she represents. I am so grateful for all the nourishment that you are giving me along my way; it replenishes me, and by extension those with whom I minister, in ways that I could never have imagined, Happy St. Brigid's Day to you... and may the bounty of your prodigious talent by fed by the wild streams of Grace from the Spirit. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was just trying to frame a response to the other two contributions of the week, and here you are with more. I too love St. Brigid and what she represents. I am so grateful for all the nourishment that you are giving me along my way; it replenishes me, and by extension those with whom I minister, in ways that I could never have imagined, Happy St. Brigid’s Day to you… and may the bounty of your prodigious talent by fed by the wild streams of Grace from the Spirit. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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