First Vespers of IV Advent

If I say “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night.” Darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day;

darkness and light to you are 

both alike. Psalm 139:10-11

St Brigid of Ireland, 523

We await our blessed hope,

the appearing of our Savior. 

                                      Antiphon: Psalm 62

St Brigid of Ireland, founder and first abbess of the convent at Kildare, which means Church of the Oak . Her feast day is the ancient Celtic celebration of Inbolg, the festival of Spring, perfect for this householder who was able to bring out of the treasure chest what is old and what is new...