First Day of Art Novena for Mary of Lourdes

I shall try the only thing a devotee can do :  

I shall always keep thy divine image

and thy holy divinity 

locked in my heart and

conjure them in my imagination

- the words of Lucius, the hero of The Golden Ass

The image is an inner shrine, 

an interior refuge.

It is beyond words

but the poet and sage knows how to

invoke the imagination and  the

Sacred One up into the psyche

in an enduring 

and nurturing way.

Images, as opposed to rational explanations, 

are feminine.
The masculine are the logos, the word,
clarity and logic;
The feminine is the imaginistic.
the imagination, the imaging of the heart.
When we only have the masculine God,
then we are not whole beings.

An image includes not only a picture but the way 

we experience it, the way we feel it.

Every image we perceive,

every feeling it evokes,

is a living prayer.

Today is the first day in this novena of nine days 

dedicated to the Lady of Lourdes

art,

sharing,

prayers,

stories, 

images,

poems,

sacred circle

and whatever else you want to bring.

Please join me as we explore images of Divine Mary

in all Her aspects, and the feelings

that they evoke.
Culminating in the Holy Day of Lady of Lourdes.

Please take the image below and put it in your sidebar, add your name to 

Mr Linky below and invite us to visit your novena.

blessings

Hettienne