What did Christmas feel and sound like during the time of the Knights Templar?
Deus Meus is a very old Irish hymn, probably written around 1086, author thought to be Máel Ísu Ua Brolcháin. It is what is called a macaronic song, or a song in two languages, common in the Irish tradition. This particular hymn uses both Irish (Gaelic) and Latin as text which is quite rare; those of you who have come to my lectures know how important poetry and music are as languages of the soul, also when it comes to understanding the Knights Templar.
This song is similar to those shared in previous lectures such as 'The Shan Van Vought' or 'Siúil a Rún' connected to the Jacobites and relevant to “love” during fighting times as shared in my Remembrance lecture on Friday 13th for the Knights Templar. The colour “green” is very relevant to those videos, not just in the beautiful dresses worn by the women singing them but is the reason why I wore green in my last presentation, not just due to nature or “Ireland” but rather connected to Mary Magdalene and the earlier True church.
The words of this song by Fionnuala Gill sent to me by a dear friend, Dr. Steven Muir, are beyond beautiful and even if the meaning is lost when translated into English, I’m sharing the translation below:
Deus meus adiuva me
Tabhair dom do shearch, a Mhic ghil Dé
Tabhair dom do shearch ,a Mhic ghil Dé
Deus meus adiuva me.
My God, help me.
Give me love of thee, O Son of my God.
Give me love of thee, O son of my God.
My God, help me.
It is a song that reflects my current mood as I am going through difficult times and Christmas just adds to that, always being extremely difficult and painful for me. It’s also a song filled with wisdom, hope and faith, through a beautiful plea to God for help. I often listen to it and connect with God as the Knights Templar would have, when I need it the most, directly, for God is all around us, and like Jesus, the anointed one or “initiate” (that’s what Christ means, it is a title and existed before Jesus!) and the Knights Templar who were also “initiates” as Gnostics and not Catholics, I believe in a direct experience with God, our universal creator “for the Kingdom of Heaven is really within”. Within, as the Cathedral I visited yesterday reminded me (The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Within)… Within is where we shall find relief but also salvation if we remember how to travel there and following a death in life, awaken and unbecome who we became so we can become who we were meant to be. Never forget that this kingdom, is always with us, like God…
"The Kingdom of God is Within You" Luke 17:21
Wishing you all a very merry Christmas from the “Green” Emerald Isle, Helena
