Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

I need something to help me feel better today, for reasons I won't go into.

As for paganism, it's been my distinct impression that most of it is/was largely beneficent and earth based. You won't ruffle my feathers! I'm more of a universalist than most fellow Catholics would approve anyway, except for maybe Pope Francis, GodBlessThatMan!

As a second-gen straight-line Irish American and a history/sociology lover anyway, I don't feel as separated from our history as one might imagine. For instance, when an animal rescue group set up a 500-mile multi-party relay to bring me a half dead 3-month old smooth coat Jack Russell Terrierist, it didn't look as if she could possibly last the night. So I named her Brigid after the ancient queen of all Celtic goddesses and kept telling her she would live up to that name. I spent the night lying on my back with her on my stomach, feeding her little bits of food every hour so as not to shock her stomach, and she made it through. But nobody can tell me the name didn't help as much as anything else. And you'd better believe she considers herself queen of all she surveys, too!

Now I'm off to the poetry group to search out your work.