Feast Day of Maria de Guadulupe

The Sacred Heart of Maria de Guadulupe

here, today

on her feast day

after having shared,

travelled together,

listened to each other's stories,

visited one another's home

even though miles across the seas.

thank you to each one who visited 

and left encouragement;

and to each one who shared

a piece of your heart

it all started with Rebecca

 

This page and this post today is dedicated to

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe,

Our Lady of Guadulupe

The Perfect Virgin, Mary of Guadulupe

Holy Night

Your Holy Light

Shines on the deserted plains of my being

You carry the lamp

That hushes my heart

As a babe in arms I become

When I hear your voice of sincerity

The Holy night answers

In silent reverence

As It witness the

Star of Love born

Returning love to my eyes

A miracle I behold

My soul is filled

With flowers of mercy,

Compassion and tenderness

Surrounded by your sacred heart.

May we meet soon again

blessings

Hettienne

Day Eleven of Sharing Mary

At St Mary's Cathedral in Bangalore,

India

Mary  is dressed in a sari.  

St Mary's Feast is held during September

and it is a festival that lasts

ten days.

Each day her sari is changed.

With thanks to Samson's Photoblog

anthony-samson.blogspot.com


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Day Eight of Mary a Day

 

Our Lady of the Dove - oil on canvas by Hettienne

 

 

Our ordinary lives are in fact sacred and it contains 
everything that we have been searching for.
All the sages and mystics over time have always pointed this out with stories
and poetry. But very few ever believe them.

Often one seeks the sacred and the glorious in places other than
the present, ordinary humdrum of daily living.

Often the seeking is driven by a longing to escape the humdrum
of ordinary living; or one seeks in order to prevent disaster
from striking again or to prevent the painful feelings of loss, betrayal, rejection and
death.

 But the truth of the matter is that discomfort, unhappiness, boredom, death,
dying, pain, cruelty, injustice and more is an intrinsic part of life.

 The spiritual life does not exempt us from this. Living with devotion
and spiritual awareness and faith
does not mean that we no longer feel the pain of the world.
 It is probably true to say that that the less self-centred we are, 
the less self-absorbed and the less occupied with
our own selves , the greater our sensitivity, the greater
our empathy and our compassion
with others and with all living creatures
and the deeper
 you feel the pain in the broken heart of the Mother.

 But then it is also true that he deeper and more intense we feel, 
the greater the call to add to the world in some way or another; 
not for glory and fame, nor power and money, 
but to add tenderness,
beauty, love and wisdom
 in some form to this world.

“In the turmoil of our time, we are being called to a new order of reality. Working toward that consciousness, we suffer, but our suffering opens us to the wounds of the world and the love that can heal. It is our immediate task to relate to the emerging feminine whether she comes to us in dreams, in the loss of those we love, in body disease, or in ecological distress. Each of us in our own way is being brought face to face with Her challenge.”~Marion Woodman

 

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Day Seven in the Pilgrimage of Marys

Forty days and forty nights,

she roams the desert plains.

Cloaked in tatters,

wearing her garment of grief,

lost in the wilderness of her mind.

Calling out, listening for a reply,

an echo to the walls of her heart.

Following the drumbeat

set by her feet.

Enslaved by its rhythm

always onward, forward.

Until she can no more!

She surrenders, gives in to exhaustion

willpower failing her

salt tears pooling mud

her love roots into the clay

Her bleeding heart blooms red

showers of petals set alight,

thorns sprouting a trailing vine,

paradise is found.

Poem by Hettienne http://alchemicalmarriage.blogspot.com

Painting by Hettienne ' Living Waters'

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on this wonderful pilgrimage of Mary.

blessings