St. Brigid of Ireland Feast Day: February 01 Born:453 ::
Died:523 A few years after St. Patrick arrived, a little girl
named Brigid was born at Faughart, County Louth, in Ireland. Her
father was an Irish lord named Dubthac and her mother was a
Christian salve named Brocca. As Brigid grew up, her love for
Jesus grew deep. She once heard St. Patrick preach and never
forgot his teaching for the rest of her life. She looked for
Jesus in the poor and often brought food and clothing to them.
One day she gave away a whole pail of milk and then she began to
worry about what her mother would say. She prayed to the Lord to
make up for what she had given away. When she got home, her pail
was full again. Brigid was very pretty and her father thought
that it was time for her to marry. But, she had decided in her
heart to give herself entirely to God. She did not want to marry
anyone. When she realized that young men wanted to marry her
because of her beauty, she made an unusual request to God. She
asked God to take away h