Sacred Shore

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On the banks of the Afon Teifi, on the Cardigan side, during medieval times, was discovered a mysterious wooden statue of Our Lady, with the child Christ on her lap. In her hand she bore a lighted candle that burned, it was reported, for 9 years - but looks like it could have been even longer.

"the sayd ymage wold not tarry there, but was found thre or fowre tymes in the place where now ys buyIded the church of our Lady, and the taper brunnynge in her hande, which contynued styll burnynge the space of nyne yeres without wastynge, untill the tyme that one foresware hymselfe thereon, and then it extincted and never burned after."

Ffraed acknowledges this sacred shore, and the spot where the figure was found.

https://thesongofffraed.org/

Music: "All Saints" by Igor Khainsky: www.patreon.com/posts/57828261
”Come Holy Spirit” Catholic Prayer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come,_Holy_Spirit
Flame background: Marek Piwnicki: unsplash.com/es/@marekpiwnicki”
Depiction of the Christian Holy Spirit as a dove”, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Female Holy Spirit 14th C. fresco:Trinity in St. James Church, Urschalling Germany -
“Finding Holy Spirit Mother” by Ally Kateusz
Jesus Christ image by Dr. Ashraf Fekry
Merlin's prophecy: Information boards at Newcastle Emlyn castle.
Niccolodi Tommaso: “St. Bridget's Vision of Nativity”.
Nicolas Poussin - “Winter or The Flood” 1660-64.
Book cover: “Celt, Druid & Culdee” by Isabel Hill Elder.
Llanbeblig Hours (f.4v.) “God,The Holy Spirit, and Christ Crucified”.
Our Lady of the Taper: National Shrine of Wales, North Rd, Cardigan, Wales SA43 1LT

There may be some material in this video that I could not ascertain ownership of.
To those I haven't mentioned, and deserve credit, thank you.

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