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An Old Celtic Prayer
This is a general prayer from Douglas Hyde’s book, The Religious Songs of Connacht. He attributes it to a man named Michael Picoid. It was originally written in Latin. You can read my thoughts below. I believe in Thee ; strengthen my belief. I trust in Thee ; confirm my trust. I love Thee ; double my love. I…
A Look at Celtic Prayer
In 2010 I posted this (note that the book Celtic Wisdom is now The Roots of Irish Wisdom.) From my book, CELTIC WISDOM, TREASURES FROM IRELAND “Prayer was not reserved primarily for church: it was a natural outpouring of the culture, a culture that saw power in the natural world, one that did not see a division…
Celtic Prayers as Song
“Their prayers were songs, and as they crooned or intone them, they seem close to the continuous prayer the Orthodox describe as a murmur in the heart.” ~Esther De Waal, God Under My Roof I first published this blog post in 2011. I had this idea in my head for quite sometime and it eventually developed…
Exclusive for Newsletter Subscribers: A Celtic Christmas
Greetings! If you found your way here, that means you are a valued newsletter subscriber. Thanks for reading. I’m sharing a wee story I wrote just for you! There are festivals, market days, feasts of saints days. There are church calendar days that are important for remembering the saving grace of our faith. But to…
A Celtic Thanksgiving Prayer
Give us O God of the nourishing meal, well-being to the body, the frame of the soul.Give us O God of the honey-sweet milk,the sap and the savor of the fragrant farms. God in our waking, God in our speaking;God in our cooking, God in our eating;God in our playing, God in our digesting;God in…
So Few Words
I’m all about words. I know about how many I need for my historical novels, about 95K. A good blog post, in my opinion, is no more than 600 words. About 250 fit on a page in Times New Roman font. Maybe that’s why I struggle with poetry. Not writing it, because that I rarely…
Ellis Island Old and New
This is as much for me as for you, but I hope you find it interesting. I’m comparing historical pictures of Ellis Island with ones I took back in 2011 (mostly, I’ve added a few others.) All of the historical photographs here came from the NYPL digital gallery. Between 1892 and 1954 12 million immigrants passed…
Giveaway for the Trip!
Have you signed up for the Ancient Brigid tour to Ireland? If not, go here. The deadline is Dec. 1. On Dec. 2nd I will draw a winner from everyone who has signed up for this prize package, which includes: A Longaberger Irish tote (so cute and with an outside pocket!) A travel journal (it’s…
Happy Birthday, Lady Liberty!
The Statue of Liberty, originally called Liberty Enlightening the World, turns 136 today! You probably learned the usual things about the statue in elementary school: she was a gift from the country of France, she stands in the harbor near Manhattan, immigrants saw her as they approached Ellis Island, and she’s memorized in a number of…