I missed a few

So I missed a few holidays. I went camping last week with my Girl Scout troop and those kids took a lot of me lol.


I missed more holidays than I thought I would. But the one I really wanted to write about was Imbolc.


Imbolc is also known as St. Brigid's day. It is a Gaelic holiday, widly celebrated by Pagans, Christian's just call it St. Brigid's day. St. Brigid was thought to be the Christianized version of the Goddess, allowing this holiday to go hand in hand between the two rival religions.









This holiday happened to fall on Groundhog's day. Which is fitting because  imbolc traditions show that winter divination happening on this day where people would watch to see if any serpents or badgers would come out from hibernation, indicating winter was nearly over. (personally I like this better than pulling some poor groundhog out of his hole and trying to figure out of theres a shadow.... )




This holiday is generally celebrated on Feb. 1st in the northern hemisphere and August 1st in the southern hemisphere.  however many chose to celebrate it precisely between the winter solstice and the equinox. Celebrations differ widely,  as neopagans choose how they would like to celebrate. Some chose to try to revive old traditions, which have pre-historic roots, so any tradition practiced ever is up for grabs.


The meaning behind this holiday is to celebrate the lengthening of days, the welcoming of spring. Purifying the household and spring cleaning is a major theme as spring is welcomed and enticed.

Conversion of St. Paul

1st: In researching this, I found a Saint for every day. I knew this was a thing but maybe i'll cover some random saints when there's a lot of space between holidays.


St. Paul is a big one, so I can see why this day gets special mention.


Within Catholicism Paul is a big deal. From my understanding he is considered a major player in Christianity according to Catholicism but he has always been secondary in my studies. Now I'm not saying I mastered the bible in church myself, no. But I did learn a lot. I studied the bible academically in church and had a wonderful teacher. We read the New Testament in order that it was written, which is NOT how it appears in the bible. Many books in the New Testament are in fact letters that Paul had written to various societies.


In some faith's Paul is considered a secondary apostle. Why? He never met Jesus before the crucifixion. Jesus appeared to him on the road to Damascus and Paul who was a known persecutor of Christians was converted into a prominent follower of Jesus. From what I understand of Catholicism Paul stands out from the other apostles BECAUSE he was converted, Jesus chose to appear to him and 'show him the way.'


The conversion of St. Paul is supposed to represent the change in following the law of the land and the law of God. Paul discusses his conversion in several of his letters, which are in fact included as books of the Bible.




I know this may seem a little repetitive and lacking but this is what happens when  you are interrupted about 100 times while trying to type one paragraph.