The Book Of St Brigid

Author : Noel Kissane
Publisher : Open Air
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Abbesses, Christian
ISBN : 1846826322

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Saint Brigid of Kildare by Noel Kissane Pdf

Despite being the female patron saint of Ireland and one of the most remarkable women in Irish history, St. Brigid has always been an elusive figure. Some scholars have argued that she never existed as a real person but was merely the Christian personification of the cult of a pagan goddess of the same name. This book reviews all the evidence-history, legend and folklore-and concludes that while she has many of the attributes of the goddess Brigit, she was certainly a real person. The book also reviews her cult and veneration in Ireland and overseas, from her lifetime down to the present day, as attested by place-names, holy wells, and folklore, and also by the large numbers of churches (Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland), schools, and GAA clubs dedicated to her. [Subject: Irish Studies, Irish Saints, Folklore, Myth & Legend, Christianity, History]

Author : Heather Terrell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345505125

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Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell Pdf

Rich in historical detail, Heather Terrell’s mesmerizing novel Brigid of Kildare is the story of the revolutionary Saint Brigid and the discovery of the oldest illuminated manuscript in the annals of the Church, a manuscript that contains an astonishing secret history. Fifth-century Ireland: Brigid is Ireland’s first and only female priest and bishop. Followers flock to her Kildare abbey and scriptorium. Hearing accounts of Brigid’s power, the Church deems her a threat and sends Decius, a Roman priest and scribe, on a secret mission to collect proof of Brigid’s heresy. As Decius records the unorthodox practices of Brigid and her abbey, he becomes intrigued by her. When Brigid assigns Decius a holy task—to create the most important and sacred manuscript ever made—he finds himself at odds with his original mission and faces the most difficult decision of his life. Modern day: Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of medieval relics, has been summoned to Kildare to examine a reliquary box believed to belong to Saint Brigid. Hidden within the sacred box is the most beautiful illuminated manuscript Alex has ever seen. But even more extraordinary is the contents of the manuscript’s vellum pages, which may have dire repercussions for the Catholic Church and could very well rewrite the origins of Christianity.

Author : Colm Keane
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781844883318

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Padre Pio by Colm Keane Pdf

Along with Mother Teresa and John Paul II, Padre Pio is one of the most beloved and inspirational figures for both Catholics and people of belief throughout the world. Now, in Padre Pio - The Scent of Roses, award-winning journalist Colm Keane, brings accounts of the saint's wonderful influence up to date. Using first-hand accounts of healing and recovery from illness, and through the stories of miracles and cures attributed to Padre Pio, this book provides new insights into the power and reach of the saint, who for fifty years bore the five wounds of Christ. The author retells personal stories of recovery from various cancers (including tumours and leukaemia), heart problems, depression, arthritis and multiple sclerosis and remarkable revivals from brain injuries, infections, accidents, kidney failure, blood clots and problems in childbirth. 'A remarkable book' - Brendan O'Connor, The Saturday Night Show, RTÉ One on We'll Meet Again 'A beautifully crafted book' - Sunday Independent on Going Home Colm Keane's writing on life, death and spirituality has touched readers in profound ways over many years and many of his books have been number one bestsellers. His latest, Padre Pio - The Scent of Roses is a deeply spiritual book on a much loved and revered saint.

Author : Colm Keane,Una O'Hagan
Publisher : Capel Island Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Little Flower - St Therese of Lisieux by Colm Keane,Una O'Hagan Pdf

St. Thérèse’s suffering as a nun, the bullying she experienced at school, and details of her tragic death from tuberculosis aged 24 are revealed in this groundbreaking book. You will read about her many miracles, including cures from cancer, arthritis and infertility. The Little Flower’s blueprint for a good and fulfilling life – her “little way” – is explained. Everybody is important, she said. Every little deed matters. Her philosophy is as relevant today as it ever was. This powerful and inspiring book gives you an intimate insight to one of Ireland’s favourite saints whose relics created a national sensation during their visit in 2001. Reviews “A great book,” RTE Radio 1 “Fascinating,” LMFM “A beautiful book,” Africa magazine “A compelling read,” The Connaught Telegraph “The Little Flower comes across as a very modern, millennial, feminist type of woman,” Brendan O’Connor, Sunday Independent

Author : Pamela Love,Apryl Stott
Publisher : Pauline Books and Media
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780819812346

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Brigid and the Butter by Pamela Love,Apryl Stott Pdf

Like Jesus in the story of the loaves and fishes, Brigid wants to feed the hungry, but she is often hungry herself. When a beggar woman asks for the only food Brigid has—a dish of butter—she knows she can feed the one before her and opens her heart in generosity and love. This story of the first miracle of St. Brigid of Ireland will captivate children ages 6 to 9 to learn about the life of this generous saint.

Author : Bryce Milligan
Publisher : Eerdmans Young Readers
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780802852977

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Brigid's Cloak by Bryce Milligan Pdf

Relates a legend about the Irish slave girl who became Saint Brigid, beginning with a celestial song, a mysterious gift, and a prophecy on the night of her birth.

Author : Colm Keane,Una O'Hagan
Publisher : Capel Island Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Book of St. Brigid by Colm Keane,Una O'Hagan Pdf

Feminist, farmer, abbess, bishop and miracle worker, St. Brigid has inspired Irish women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick, and founded monastic settlements. She became patron saint of revolutionaries and women fighting for their rights. She is also credited with inventing the Rosary beads, brewing ale, and inspiring the first tiered wedding cake and Buy Irish campaign. Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley, Lady Gregory and Maud Gonne MacBride, regarded her as a guiding light. All of them, including Brigitte Bardot, are featured in this book. The book also describes her holy wells, St. Brigid’s Crosses, churches, miracles and cures – providing you with all you will ever need to know about this iconic saint. REVIEWS ‘An accessible, easy breeze through Brigid’s life’ The Irish Times ‘A work of great scholarship, but which is simultaneously a page-turner....It’s a triumph’ Pat Kenny, Newstalk ‘Colm and Una are the only writers who can get me reading about the lives of the saints’ Brendan O’Connor, RTÉ Radio 1 ‘Delightful reading’ The Irish Catholic ‘The Book of St. Brigid – it’s great!’ The Today Show, RTÉ TV ‘An incredible story of an incredible woman’ Tipp FM ‘A masterpiece’ LMFM ‘A fabulous read’ Midwest Radio ‘I loved it from start to finish’ Cork C103

Author : Philip Freeman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781605987187

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Saint Brigid's Bones: A Celtic Adventure (Sister Deirdre Mysteries) by Philip Freeman Pdf

In an evocative Celtic novel set in a time when druids roamed the land, lively young sister Deirdre embarks on a mission to find the stolen bones of her convent’s patron saint. In ancient Ireland, an island ruled by kings and druids, the nuns of Saint Brigid are fighting to keep their monastery alive. When the bones of Brigid go missing from their church, the theft threatens to destroy all they have worked for. No one knows the danger they face better than Sister Deirdre, a young nun torn between two worlds. Trained as a bard and raised by a druid grandmother, she must draw upon all of her skills, both as a bard and as a nun, to find the bones before the convent begins to lose faith.

Author : Regina Lane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Crossley (Vic.)
ISBN : 0992343305

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Saving St Brigid's by Regina Lane Pdf

At the top of a hill in south-west Victoria, surrounded by rolling green hills that fall away to the Southern Ocean, sits a grand old red-brick church. For more than 150 years, these fertile volcanic fields have sustained the largest rural population of Irish descent in Australia. Built and paid for by the children of famine survivors, St Brigid's is a symbol of faith and hope in an ancient land, by a cold, wild sea. In 2009, the Catholic Church put the church and hall up for sale, against the wishes of the local community. What began as a small local issue soon became a national news story, in a battle that went all the way to Rome. Saving St Brigid's is the truly unique story of a small Australian rural community who, in the spirit of their Irish rebel ancestors, stood up for what they believed in. Their fight for justice awakens the author to the richness of her Irish Catholic culture, and its lasting legacy on the community and the Church, she grew up in. Through the lens of her Irish heritage and that of the local indigenous people she weaves together a lyrical narrative of song and story, and discovers just how much our ancestral traditions have to teach us if we are to transform the world we live.

Author : Brian Wright
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752472027

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Brigid by Brian Wright Pdf

Brigid of Kildare, Ireland, is uniquely venerated as both a goddess and a saint throughout Ireland, Europe and the USA. Often referred to as Mary of the Gael and considered the second most important saint in Ireland after St Patrick, her widespread popularity has led to the creation of more traditional activities than any other saint; some of which survive to this day. As a result of original historical and archaeological research Brian Wright provides a fascinating insight into this unique and mysterious figure. This book uncovers for the first time when and by whom the goddess was 'conceived' and evidence that St Brigid was a real person. It also explains how she 'became' a saint, her historical links with the unification of Ireland under a High King in the first century and discusses in depth her first documented visit to England in AD 488. Today, Brigid remains strongly connected with the fertility of crops, animals and humans and is celebrated throughout the world via the continuation of customs, ceremonies and relics with origins dating back to pre-Christian times. Using a combination of early Celtic history, archaeology, tradition and folklore from Ireland, Britain and other countries, this comprehensive study unravels the mystery of a goddess and saint previously complicated by the passage of time.

Author : Emily Hancock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1947590014

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The Open Gate by Emily Hancock Pdf

Author : Jane G. Meyer,Zachary Lynch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0982277008

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The Life of Saint Brigid by Jane G. Meyer,Zachary Lynch Pdf

In the green hills of Ireland long ago, when the Christian faith was yet young in the land, lived a girl whose simple faith and boundless kindness would change her homeland forever. Born a slave in the house of a chieftain, Brigid grew to be Abbess over thousands of monastics in monasteries covering every facet of the Emerald Isle. Her love and care for all the people earned her a place as one of the two most beloved saints of Irish history, and one of the great female saints of all Christendom.

Author : Colm Keane,Una O'Hagan
Publisher : Capel Island Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Village of Bernadette: Lourdes - Stories, Miracles and Cures by Colm Keane,Una O'Hagan Pdf

St. Bernadette’s impoverished childhood, her work as a shepherdess, visions of Our Lady, harsh treatment as a nun, and tragic death at the age of 35 are recalled in this groundbreaking book. Numerous Irish miracles and cures at Lourdes are recollected. Recoveries from cancer, epilepsy, lung problems, skin disease, pain, paralysis and physical disability are included. John F. Kennedy, Grace Kelly, Brendan Behan and Seamus Heaney are among the millions who have visited the shrine. You can read their stories, along with those of other Irish pilgrims. Using first-hand testimony, this moving and inspirational book brings you up-close to the wonders of Lourdes in a way you have never experienced before. Reviews 'Riveting story of St. Bernadette and why the Pyrenean town is a place of pilgrimage and peace’ -RTĖ Radio 1 'A deeply felt, warmly sympathetic and humane book' - The Irish Catholic 'Terrific read'’ - Belfast Telegraph 'A book that will make you believe in miracles’ - C103 'Brings readers close up to the many wonders of Lourdes' - Shannonside FM

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Christian saints
ISBN : OCLC:1359404703

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St Brigids Cloak by Anonim Pdf

Author : C. L. Polk
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250241351

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St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid by C. L. Polk Pdf

From the award-wining author of Witchmark comes a Tor.com Original short story, C. L. Polk's St. Valentine, ST. Abigail, St. Brigid All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s bees to confide in will pay whatever’s necessary to keep the girl she loves safe. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.