St Brigid of Kildare

St Brigid of KildareAround 450 C.E. in Ireland, a girl born to a father, Dubtach, pagan Scottish king of Leinster, and a mother, Brocca, a Christian Pictish slave who had been baptised by exaltation Patrick. This girl, St Brigid, became a symbol of kindness, generosity and sanctity in her distant future (Preble, 2013). Saint Brigid of Kildare, or of Ireland is peerless of Irelands patron saints, along with Patrick and Columba (Jestice, 2004). Her parents were baptized from St. Patrick, who brought faith to the frontry. Brigid was influenced by that environment, and began to take an interest in the ascetic tone of the nun. As Brigid grew up, she grew in her make out for Jesus and she wanted to devote her life to Jesus (Daughter of St. Paul, 2011). Jesus Christs life was upright of love and kindness. Throughout his long holy life, Jesus showed his love for others by blessing and serving the brusk, the sick, and the incommode (The Church of Jesus Christ, 2008). He told His discip les that, This is my com existencedment, that you love one another, as I have loved you (John 1512). St Brigid con organise herself to the way of Jesus, by imitate the love and compassion of Jesus, especially for the poor (Daughter of St. Paul, 2011). It is said that the superior would hand Brigid anything she would ask, and that what she desired was always the same to satisfy the poor, to banish every hardship, and to save every sorrowful man (Doss, n.d.).She looked for Jesus in the poor and often brought food and clothing to them. She became a nun with the help of St. Mel, St. Patricks nephew, and make a religious community with s yet other young women. Brigid started the first Irish convent at Kildare and became its abbess. She to a fault founded a school of art, which won fame for its beautifully illuminated manuscripts. The monastery at Kildare became a centre of education and spiritualty (Daughter of St. Paul, 2011).God performed many miracles through Brigid during her lif etime, believers say, and most of them have to do with healing. One of the very famous miracle invoice of St Brigid is that when she gave away a whole pail of milk, she began to worry about what her mother would say hence prayed to the Lord to make up for what she had given away, and when she got home, her pail was full again. Eventually, Brigid became known as the Mary of the Irish work out to her love and compassion that remind pile of the Blessed Mother (Daughter of St. Paul, 2011).The life full of helping and healing, Brigid lived the life she wanted, conforming Lords message, ended in 525 C.E. and was buried at Downpatrick near St. Columba and St. Patrick (Daughter of St. Paul, 2011). Even long aft(prenominal) her death, the meaning of sacred life of Saint Brigid, that passes through centuries, now offers society a new perceptivity into the virtue of hospitality, the cheerful, generous giving of food and shelter (Doss, n.d.). Brigidine Sisters is the most well know congreg ation of people who have been inspired by the values of Brigid. The history of this congregation began in the year 468, as St Brigid formed the first ever female monastic community together with seven other dedicated women. They helped the poor of the time and were attributed with many miracles (Green, n.d.). However, the Penal Laws of the 18th century had wrought what seemed irreparable chaos on the at one time far-famed Land of Saints and Scholars, leaving Irelands oppressed and largely pauperised people bereft of their proud Gaelic cultures, including the Sisters of St Brigid (Brigidine Sisters, 2015). after(prenominal) a long time of the havoc, miraculously and very fortunately, the Sisters of St. Brigid were restored by Bishop Daniel Delany, who founded the Congregation in response to the pressing need for education for life and faith at the time when Ireland was emerging from the oppressive Penal Laws (Solas Bhride Centre, n.a.).Brigidine sisters leave themselves to gather to celebrate and explore the Brigid tradition for our time and for the future to seek inspiration through timed reflection and to take action that seeks justice and the common good (Brigidine Sisters, 2015). WIth these commiments, throughout the past few decades, at that place has been a strong justice and peace thrust in this congregation. Brigidine Sisters practise and fulfil the message of St Brigid, love and satisfy the poors, in many ways globally, including the supports and sponsor for the asylum seekers and the victims of women and child trafficking for commercial sexual development engages.We dedicated a portion of this earth as a final resting place for her and her corporeal is no longer alive. However, we believe that her disembodied spirit transcends time and still alive next to us even long after her death, to deliver the message that she tried to convey throughout her whole life with her numberless precedes. We will continue to communicate with Brigids message of lo ving and carrying poor, that transcend time by her and her descendants.Word count 845 WordsJestice Phyllis G. 2004, Book Holy People of the World A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 3 pp 140-, ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 1 February 2013, Viewed on 22nd Feb 2017, https//books.google.com/books?id=H5cQH17-HnMCpg=PA140Prebel Peter M. 2013, St Bridget of Kildare, Viewed on 22nd Feb 2017, http//www.frpeterpreble.com/tag/saints-of-the-british-islesDoss, Mary D. n.d. A Gift of cordial reception Saint Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, Viewed on 27th Feb 2017, http//www.roca.org/OA/107/107e.htm4The Church of Jesus Christ, 2008, Behold Your Little Ones Nursery manual(a) of arms Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Jesus Christ Showed Us How to Love Others pp 24 27, Viewed on 25th Feb 2017, https//www.lds.org/manual/behold-your-little-ones-nursery-manual/lesson-5-jesus-christ-showed-us-how-to-love-others?lang=engDaughter of St. Paul, 2011, Saint-A-Day February, Viewed on 28th Feb 2017, http//www.jclubcatholic.org/storie s/SaintADay.aspx?sjc_month=2Green M. n.d. St Brigid The Other Saint, Viewed on world-class March 2017, http//www.ireland-information.com/articles/saintbrigid.htmBrigidine Sisters, 2015, Our Beginning, Viewed on 1st March 2017, http//brigidine.org.au/about-us/our-beginnings/Solas Bhride Centre, n.d. General History of the BrigidinesFrom the Acorn to the Oak, Viewed on 2nd March 2017, http//solasbhride.ie/our-history/ Brigidine Sisters, 2015, Our Colleagues Associates, Viewed on 1st March 2017, http//brigidine.org.au/about-us/our-beginnings/