Our Heavenly Mother, Frigga

"Frigga is Odin's wife. She foresees the destinies of men, but never reveals what is to come. For thus it is that Odin himself told Loki, 'Senseless Loki, why wilt thou pry into futurity, Frigga alone knoweth the destinies of all, though she telleth them never?"
From the Younger Edda

Frigga, also called Frigg, Fricka, Jord and Nerthus, is the essential Earth Mother, the mother of Thor, Frey and Freyja, and our own Heavenly Mother.

What does it mean to have a mother? A mother gives birth in pain and sorrow, and at the risk of her own life and health.

A mother is greatly knowing about the fate of her children--- in part because the woman, among our folk, has a greater share of the prophetic gift--- in part simply because she knows her children so well.

A mother cares for her children to the point of ignoring her own desires, even her needs when times get tough. A mother's life is one of sacrifice for her beloved children.

And yet even that may not be enough. Bad things happen. A mother may lose her child to disease or to an automobile accident. She may have her child taken from her by the court system. She may even have the sorrow of seeing one of her children grow up to be a criminal, even perhaps a murderer. Yet even a murderer's mother still loves her child.

Our Heavenly Mother Frigga loves us all that way. Yet even she, with the divine power at her hand, cannot prevent every ill from attacking her beloved children. Even her own beloved Son Balder she could not save from his fate.

Our Heavenly Mother, then, understands our sorrows. She has experienced them as well. Who better to turn to, when things go wrong, then our Mom in Heaven, Frigga?

Hail Frigga, Holy Mother, be with those who are grieving. Give them the knowledge to turn to You in their sorrows, and the strength to endure the pains that they are fated to suffer.