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It is said that Saint Brigid sat at the foot of the death bed of either her father or a pagan lord, weaving this cross shape, unaware of its meaning. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Lacy and Catholic Icing with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

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D. because the saint shares many of the goddess’s attributes, including wisdom, poetry, healing, and protection. Lord Jesus Christ, bless + this cross by which you snatched the world from Satan’s grasp, and on which you overcame by your suffering the tempter to sin, who rejoiced in the first man’s fall in eating of the forbidden tree. Once woven, the cross is placed above the doorway of a home on the 1st of February to protect it from evil spirits, death, hunger, disease and fire.Brigid’s Day, a new cross must be used, and the old one discarded by throwing it into the fire as a symbol of requesting the Saint to protect the home from fire. This belief reflects the spiritual power of the cross, as it is similarly stated in this ancient blessing of a cross found in the Roman Ritual.

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Once she had risen to the ranks of becoming a saint her body was exhumed and reburied alongside St Patrick and St Columba. Brigid’s Day Colouring Pages or the St Brigid Poetry Template for more creative activites on this topic. As she weaved, she explained what the cross meant, and it captivated him so much that he willingly converted to Christianity and got baptized right before he died.Some Irish Americans also use pipe cleaners to make the cross as they are durable and can bend to form the arms of the cross.

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The directions I found said to soak the raffia in warm water before beginning, but I skipped that step and it seemed to work just fine. Her blood mixed with the water on the ground and two sisters, who had no hearing, suddenly regained the ability to hear. For the devout, the well where she had baptized people is still a pilgrimage site, and the wishing tree there remains lively with ribbons. Another story is of how she milked a cow, that had already been milked that day, and it then produced more than ten times the amount of milk a cow should be able to provide. You can recite this prayer afterwards: “May the blessing of God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost be on this Cross and on the place where it hangs and on everyone who looks on it.The cross became a lasting part of Irish culture, and it was even the logo of RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcasting TV station, for quite some time. I think the smaller ones were a little easier to handle because it was easier to keep the pieces of pipe cleaner straight. It is also thought that Brighid is a protector of newborn children as there are stories that tell of how she leans over the cradle of every child. Ever since, Christians in Ireland have made crosses out of straw or rushes and placed the cross on their doorways after getting them blessed by the parish priest.

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Whilst she weaved, she explained the meaning of the cross to the sick Chieftain and it is thought her calming words brought peace to his soul. Associated with Saint Brigid’s day on February 1st, St Brigid’s cross is an Irish symbol that has endured centuries of change in Ireland. The worksheet is made up of 3 pages of step-by-step instructions, which use clear and simple language to help your children understand how to make their cross.May this cross be hallowed in the name of the Father, + and of the Son, + and of the Holy + Spirit; and may all who kneel and pray before this cross in honor of our Lord find health in body and soul; through Christ our Lord. Repeat the process of rotating all the rushes 90 degrees anti-clockwise, adding a new folded reed each time until all rushes have been used up to make the cross. One of the many stories tells that once Dubthach found Brocca was pregnant, he sold her to a druid landowner. Yes, St Brigid is still celebrated all over Ireland, although not with quite as much enthusiasm as before.