~ June 22
Rise, let us go to
meet the Sabbath,
source of blessings, pouring from the past.
Thought is the beginning,
action is the ending.
Come and rise,
come meet the Sabbath.
-Sabbath service song
Even in religions based on male divinities, there is often a feminine presence hid-ing, in folklore or tradition or ritual. In Judaism, one of these quasi-goddesses is the Sabbath. Celebrated as the Sabbath Queen or the Sabbath Bride, this personification of the day of rest is greeted each week as though she were an actual woman-greeted, and welcomed into the home, where she performs such arche-typally feminine functions as knitting the family into a tighter bond.
When we look for the goddess, we are often searching for a quality we find missing in our lives-qualities frequently connected with the feminine sphere of life, which has been diminished in prestige just as the goddess has. But just like the goddess, the vital functions women traditionally perform retain some of their sacred qualities, no matter how debased. Each time we set a table lovingly for our friends, or turn down a bed for a child, or listen to a sister’s laments, we are bringing the goddess into our lives again.
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