She Receives the Flame from Her Sister

this morning i was assigning shifts to two Daughters of the Flame who are returning to tending Brigit's flame after a time away.

i was telling each who was passing the flame to them, and who they would be passing it to, and who was tending the flame in the other two cells at the same time as them. contemplating the beauty of this endless sharing i was moved to write this prayer:

she receives the flame

she receives the flame from her sister
opens her palms
accepts it
it lights the planes and curves of her face

Brigit
Blessed One
Grace-Giving Goddess

she receives the flame from her sister
it enters her heart
enters thoughts and eyes
all is blessed in her regard
with the flame of Brigit within

Brigit
Blessed One
Grace-Giving Goddess

she receives the flame from her sister
they circle the same altar
continents apart
the same flame animating them to joyous life

Brigit
Blessed One
Grace-Giving Goddess

Brigit and Her Sisters sit together
They share the vat of beer and laughter
the crucible of creation and insight
the healing poem sang upon the world's wounds

Brigit
Blessed One
Grace-Giving Goddess

Their Children receive their manifold blessings
and receiving give
the flame that enters is the flame that passes on
to the next and the next and the next

Brigit
Blessed One
Grace-Giving Goddess

she receives the flame from her sister
from their Goddess they receive Her flame
tend it love it nurture it
pass it on to the next and the next
and the next

mael brigde 2007