Author: Erin Keane

Nature is a messenger of the Spiritual World and a place where each of us can connect with the Divine, who I call LOVE. I also believe deeply that the Divine lives in each of us: and each of us can transform the world and people with the light and LOVE that dwells inside us. I share spiritual writings with you, with the hope that the words and images awaken something sacred in you. I believe each of us can offer blessing, so my writings are my blessings to you. My days are spent with my three children, my husband and my cat. I was a Hospital Chaplain for many years before staying home with my kids. I have a Master's Degree in Pastoral Ministry and Spirituality. Blessings to you today and always.
Healing, Spirituality

You are Who the World Needs Now

Erin Keane

Hi Friends,

How are you?

I’ve missed being here with you. This past year, I was taking time to heal and care for myself after struggling with debilitating migraines. And I was also experiencing new rhythms in my life. So my energy was focused on healing. I will share about my healing journey with you as time goes forward. I’ve missed being here…

As I write to you, there is much going on in the world and for me particularly in the country where I live. Life has been feeling overwhelming and heavy these last few weeks. So I have been turning to music, nature, quiet reflection, and prayer to feel Grace in my life.

Right now there is snow on the ground, which is so beautiful. However, last night I needed some colorful inspiration and hope so I turned to my summer photographs from last year. I think the Divine knew I needed some healing in my heart. So as I looked through these images of beautiful flowers, butterflies, trees, etc., I began to feel this overwhelming sense of spiritual love around me. And my heart began to want to share this love with others, our world, the universe, because Love cannot be contained. It is such a powerful force.

You are filled with LOVE too—-so your love is a powerful source of energy and force in this world. You and I, each of us, are here at this time in history. We are here to be a force of light and love in this broken beautiful world.

You are who the world needs now

Your love is not only a gift of grace that you share with those who are close to you—-your LOVE is also a divine energy that you send out into the world—-and your loving energy connects with others’ loving energy causing this energy to become stronger and more tangible…

And guess what? The more you send your love out into the universe, the more the universe is filled with a powerful loving energy that flows around us and through us. It awakens hope and the spiritual energy of the Divine in the peoples of the earth…and invites balance and harmony where there was once chaos or pain.

So tonight I invite you to turn on some music that calms your soul, or makes you dance, or maybe making quiet time for yourself-whatever it is that gives you space to awaken that feeling of Love inside you-and when you feel this powerful energy of LOVE inside you—send it out into the universe, smile and offer a prayer.

Blessings to you today and always,

Erin

I’ve also started writing on Substack. You can find me under Erin Keane or @erinbellableue-here I will share more reflections and topics.

©️2012-2025. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

Inspiration, Life, New Year's, Spirituality

Happy New Year Blessings to You!

Erin Keane

May this year fill your life with gratitude:

When you begin your day with “Thank you” you open yourself to the abundance of life-

Gratitude allows your heart to trust in the ability to receive the gift of grace in your life.

Happy New Year 2024!

Blessings, Erin

©️2012-2024. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Spirituality

Creativity Awakens Your Inner Light

Erin Keane
Purple Tulip

Earlier this spring I went out and took pictures of stunning tulips. This purple/magenta tulip caught my eye with the delicate, artistic placement of its petals. They almost look like they are in motion. There is always the gift of light in tulips. They hold beams of sunlight like a cup holds water. The sun’s light shining through their petals creates an illuminated glow of color, that draws our eyes towards them. The beauty of this flower inspired me to be creative: to draw and allow the divine light of creation come forth within me.

Magenta Tulip Drawing

Do you ever create as well?

One of the gifts we each have been given is the gift of creativity. The divine light in each of us can shine through into form when we create.

Create and make some time in your life to express yourself…

Find something you love.

Something that moves you to awaken your creativity.

Sit down and draw, paint, sculpt, etc.

Turn on your favorite music.

Let yourself discover the creativity that lives inside you. It will awaken joy in your heart, comfort you, bring you peace, reveal the light that dwells inside you.

Richard Rohr, says, “ God loves things by becoming them.”

You are here. Create from within yourself and bring forth the love and light you are into form.

Blessings, Erin 🦋

©️2012-2023. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

First Day of Spring, Flowers, Hope, Inspiration, Spirituality, Spring

Nature Blesses Us with Hope in Early Spring

Erin Keane

Purple Crocus Flowers

 

The Crocus Flower is one of the first signs of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. These tiny purple white and sometimes yellow flowers adorn the earth and fill our eyes with little bits of beauty. They are a reminder that the earth is awakening again from its winter rest. And they are a reminder that the cycle of life from death to rebirth is happening again.

Look at these little flowers…

White Crocus Flowers

 

There is so much hope that lies within each of these flowers. Think of yourself when you see them rising up in the earth at the beginning of spring. They make you feel excited that spring is starting. They fill you with HOPE for new days, longer sunlit skies, colorful plants, green leaves and warmer days.

This beauty transcends into your heart and flows into your soul as you are filled with this gift of divine grace.

Open yourself and feel the divine gift of nature given to you. This gift [of flowers] is not just here for us to see…it is here to awaken our souls to the wonder of life and the hope that lies within each of us.

Blessings, Erin

©️2012-2023. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

 

 

Blessing, First Day of Spring, Inspiration, Spirituality

The First Day of Spring Blessing

Erin Keane

 

Today is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The birds are beginning to return to the trees and play on the ground. Their songs are frequent, soothing. When they sing you can hear the Earth’s love for them in their song. It’s as though the birds are celebrating the earth’s excitement and joy as it awakens to the hopes for buds and flowers. The same kind of hope when your body longs to return outdoors and feel the sun against your skin.

This relationship of the birds and the earth is one deeply rooted in love and connection. They love each other; they are connected to one another. The birds sing the song of the Earth’s heart.

You are blessed to hear this love song. This love becomes a part of you. How blessed you are.

(Side note) The tiny bird in the picture is an Eastern Bluebird. I discovered the little bird in my trees today. Bluebirds bestow spiritual gifts of happiness and goodness. They also are an invitation from nature to you: Spend more time in nature. Go outside. There is much happiness for you there.

Blessings, Erin

©️2012-2023. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

 

 

Blessing, Christianity, Inspiration, Spirituality

The Epiphany of the Glorious Night Sky

Erin Keane
Blessing of the Night Sky

In the early weeks of December the Moon was shining in the morning sky amongst the blue skies and light of day. It was a beautiful sight that filled me with a sense of happiness and calm. I felt as though the universe was saying, “I am glad you are here.” There is such beautiful wonder in this earth we are blessed to live upon and interact with.

As I write of this beautiful encounter of the Moon my mind begins to think of the Magi with their eyes toward the skies. I imagine they witnessed so much majesty in the night skies. And being so in tune with the natural world they were able to not only see but feel there was a deep LOVE awakening in the universe…a LOVE that has always been here but was birthing itself in a way that people could witness and feel close to.

The Magi noticed a glorious light in the night sky. They were able to pause and notice not only with their eyes but also with their hearts that there was a birthing of grace in this glorious light. Their openness and awareness of listening to their hearts allowed them to follow the glorious light and see where it lead them- to receive the gift of great LOVE. And their awareness and calm in noticing and being connected to the natural world allowed them to be changed by this LOVE.

This LOVE is still here…

All around you.

Our Earth and skies are filled with blessings of divine LOVE. Allow yourself to take the time to pause and look up at the skies. And as you do may you too feel this great LOVE for you.

Be still.

Listen to your own breathing.

Calm your mind.

Feel.

And open yourself to all the wonder.

Blessings, Erin

©️2012-2023. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

*My apologies that this essay did not come to your email correctly earlier today. I hope this one is easier to read.

Blessing, Inspiration, New Year's, Spirituality

New Year’s Blessing for You

Erin Keane
New Year's Blessing

Blessings upon the New Year for You

May there be an awakening of self love for you this year

a return to wonder about the world around you

a more frequent pause to savor the feeling

of the calm air that fills your body with life

a gentleness that allows you to release anxieties

and makes room for you to be filled

with a knowing that you are deeply Loved

by the Divine’s creation all around you-

plants, creatures, wind, rain, sea, sky, sun…

Bless you and all you hold and hope for…

Blessings, Erin

©️2012-2023. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

Inspiration, Prayer, Spirituality

Prayer for Ukraine and Our World

Erin Keane

You have a prayer in your heart. Lift it up into the world.

We are each created with the Divine inside us- where the true essence of our Light and Love dwells.
May you feel this
and be aware of this spiritual part of yourself—
& offer up a prayer
—for our world
—for the peoples of our Earth
—for the creatures that dwell in the lands, waters and sky
—for Mother Earth
our home.
Feel this prayer in your body and
ask your ancestors and Angels to pray for our world & earth too
Please Divine Source of Love,
hear our prayers and listen to us as we call out to You.
Amen.

***Ukraine is one of the largest growers of Sunflowers (a small one pictured above from my garden). Sunflowers turn towards the sun and follow the light throughout the day. They are filled with Light: The Divine Light of our Sun: The Divine Light of nature. May their glorious gift of Light be felt in your prayer and each time you see one may you lift your heart up in prayer for our world, the peoples, creatures and lands.

Blessings, Erin

©️2012-2022. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

Blessing, Healing, Inspiration, Poetry, Prayer

A Blessing and Prayer for Grace

Erin Keane

How are you today?

Last week I felt a strong sense of the presence of Grace in our lives. There is so much each of us hold: both pain and joy, sorrow and hope, loneliness and togetherness. There is also much beauty in our choice of how to open our hearts, to feel, to experience life. This is where Grace happens: in both the beautiful and difficult.

This prayer/poem is my gift to you. May there be openings in your life where you can feel and experience Grace. Grace is freely given always just because you are you. You are Beloved.

A Prayer for Grace

Grace is falling
falling from the skies;
it comes in thunderous waves of rain
and bright rays of sun
that embrace the land
everyone and everything are
within its reach
and touch.

Grace is rising
rising up from the earth
it comes in the songs of the birds
the beauty of the flowers and trees
inviting you to come closer
to see with your own eyes
to touch with your own skin
to feel within your own body.

Grace is speaking
speaking from the Spirit of Creation
from the tender mouth of God,
that dwells inside
every bud,
every wave,
every beam of light,
every person,
every creature,
every particle of life.

Grace is
LOVE
birthing,
resurrecting,
opening,
healing
You.

Grace is
MERCY
accepting,
embracing,
forgiving,
loving
You.

Grace is yours:
it is your gift
of God’s great Love for you
freely given,
alive,
everywhere,
within you,
and always upon you.

Amen.

Blessings of Grace upon you today and always,
Erin

©️2012-2021. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings. All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane

Blessing, Poetry, Spirituality

St. Patrick’s Day Blessing for You

Erin Keane

May you always feel the sun on your back,
and the wind in your hair.
May you always find joy
in the songs of the birds,
and the touch of the grass between your toes.
May you always be blessed
with love all around you,
now,
forever,
& eternally.
Amen

Blessings, Erin

©️2012-2021. Erin Keane. Bella Bleue Healing and Blessings.All rights reserved. No portion of any post or photo may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the author, Erin Keane. Find me on Instagram @Erins_blessings and at Facebook Bella Bleue Healing & Blessings by Erin Keane