Thirty days of Mary

Shrine of Blessed Mary in my garden
photograph by Hettienne Grobler

Since the pagan times, the month of May always 
had a special significance for the divine feminine

and goddess.  
In the North it is spring, so the Romans and Greeks
 dedicated this month to Flora

and Artemis.  

In the Southern Hemisphere it is Autumn and we
prepare for the transition of the winter months to
deeper travels into the inner worlds.

Crowning ritual of Blessed Mary at the Temple of Mary shrine
in my garden by Hettienne Grobler

Traditionally the month of May celebrates
the crowning of Mary.

The Temple of Mary and her Flamekeepers
will celebrate the crowning of Mary in a ceremony
of devotion and celebration.
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I will be sharing the date of this ceremony here 
and you may join in wherever you are
by creating an altar dedicated to the
Blessed Mother. 
 So take the time, create

an altar and weave a crown of flowers for your Mary statue. 
 Remember that your devotion and attention

invoke the holy Presence into the physical image and you can
 place water, oil and food on

your altar to be blessed by her presence.

 I will also share the
prayers and rosaries that we will use on that day.

Divine Sophia, Wisdom by Hettienne Grobler

We will also be devoting the entire Month of May
to Blessed Mother Mary and her gifts of
peace, healing and enlightenment.

The thirty days of devotion will include a daily
session of surya yoga, (sun gazing), saying Rosaries
specifically for certain days of the week and
for certain decrees, as well as time spent in 
meditation and healing circles.


 So take the time, create

an altar and weave a crown of flowers for your Mary statue. 
 Remember that your devotion and attention

invoke the holy Presence into the physical image and you can place water, oil and food on

your altar to be blessed by her presence.

I invite you to practise the 30-day dedication and devotion to Mary

during the month of Mary.  
This is a very ancient tradition and you will receive

the blessings if you do so.
Each day will be dedicated to an aspect of Divine Mary
and if you sign up for this practise, you will
receive daily mails with the details of the spiritual practise,
the focus of the dedication,
daily meditations, focus of the day
and the rosary for the day.

If you want to participate, send me an email and I will
send you the instructions. 
My email address is hettiennema@gmail.com

blessings to you

Lady Abundantia

III The Creatrix

I am the One behind the Veil.  From me pours forth abundance and creativity. 

I am the sensual, nurturing and supportive Divine Mother within and without.

I am of the Earth and am Her Beauty, Truth and Wisdom.

When you allow my golden graces to flow to you without fear, then your bowl will never be

empty and time will no longer exist.

“The light of truth 

burns without a flicker

 in the depths of a house 

that is shaken with storms of passion and fear.” 

― Thomas Merton (Maria Lodewicus)

The Feast Day of the Annunciation to the Blessed Mary

All art by Her Grace by Devata

Today is the blessed feast day of the Annunciation.

The archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary
and delivered to her the

famous news that has become immortalized in the

Christmas liturgy :

Fear not, Mary, for thou has found favour with God.

And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 

and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:

and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father

David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;

and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

The Beloved Rose by Hettienne

and her response :

Behold the handmaid of the Lord;

be it unto my according to thy word.

The realisation that belongs to Mary is that of abida -

absolute servitude.  Absolute servitude is not a

'relation';  it is far higher than than;  it is an

unveiling and a state in itself.  It corresponds,

in fact, to the supreme descent of the Most High who

takes the colours of His support in order become

manifest, and this essential descent is the supreme

secret of love.  -  Charles-Andre Gilis

And thus Self, clothed in the radiance of Blessed Mary,

calls on us to enter on our personal journey as

Handmaid to the Divine Bride and Bridegroom within;

through absolute servitude to the Beloved Self the gates

to the Garden will open.

Love is the Divine Mother's arms, and when those arms

are outstretched, every soul falls into them.

                          -  Challas

Behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

-  the Magnificat

Blessed Mary is appearing to many in  these times and her message

is so much bigger than the limited patriarchal and religious view of

her.   Andrew Harvey says that 'the extraordinary story of the

elevation of Mary to the stature of Divine Mother shows the

immense need of people to have the feminine principle at the

heart of their religions'.  

Blessings

Hettienne

Mary as Cosmic Soul, Divine Feminine, Goddess and the Self

Our Lady of Fatima, the Dancing Sun - 9 of Swords
Tarot Deck of the Mysteries of Mary

The entire ancient world, from Asia Minor to the Nile

and from Greece to the Indus Valley, abounds in figurines

of the naked female form, in various attitudes of the 

all-supporting, all-including Goddess ......

and so it came to pass that, in the end and to our day,

Mary, Queen of Martyrs, became the sole inheritor

of all the names and forms, sorrows, joys and

consolations, of the Goddess-Mother

in the Western world;  

Seat of Wisdom Vessel of Honour, Mystical Rose,

House of Gold, Gate of Heaven, Morning Star,

Refuge of Sinners, Queen of Angels,

Queen of Peace

                      - Joseph Campbell

Rosa Mystica

Rosa Mystica - 3 of Swords
Mysteries of Mary Tarot Deck
www.hergracesacredart.com




The true city of the Immaculate is in your hearts
                         - Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894 - 1941)

Sacred altar shrines of the Mysteries of Mary Tarot Deck

The Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

A blessed feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes to you.

For the past nine days we had been walking a novena

together, sharing our thoughts, prayers, art and messages from

Blessed Mary with you.

Early this morning I created a special altar for Our Lady of Lourdes.

I lit the candles and Ave Maria candle shades
 that I brought back from my pilgrimage
to one of the most sacred sites in the world. 

I sprinkled the healing waters that
She gave to us in the springs of Lourdes,

 and I waited on Her voice.

'My Beloved children
You can make a difference.  
You have heard this often and most probably

just block it out as it usually means more pressure to perform,

and more demands to be met. 
 Bu,t my dear beloveds, you can make a difference

by truly being who you are.  
You are the divine spark of God and without you,

specifically you, there can be no living breathing world which is the

Beloved of God.  
This calls for Courage and Faith, both of which

are available in your own inner wellspring.  
You have everything that you need

to access your deepest and greatest power.  
You are a power house

of genius and potential and this does
not always look like it sounds.
All you have to do is open the tap through
intent and willingness.

The challenge is to find the courage to turn within.
To look in your deepest heart and to hear the voice that
is calling on you and asking you to actively engage in life
and to participate in bringing to birth the compassion
and empathy from which all humans are created. 
The challenge is to find the inner strength to stand up
for what you believe in, despite the logic and reasoning 
and rationale of others; despite statistics and scientific evidence
that tries to persuade you to believe differently.

Your heart is your inner compass and it is always focused
on True North.  You and I are the only Ones who know what your
heart truly says and calls for.  When you actively participate in 
your own life and your own healing, it is like a flag
being tethered to a flag post.  Without commitment and without
discipline and boundaries there can be no unfurling of the flag.
Often you fear taking responsibility and often you fear being
held accountable.  It is so much easier to fly freely in daydreams
and ideology of a better world that will come to pass.
However, the mirror of Divine Sophia only reflects back to you that which
is within yourself.
Heal the wasteland of your heart and the world out there will heal. 

You may be looking around you and see the dire plight

of other living beings.  
You may be looking in the mirror and see someone who

is caught up in suffering and fear.  
And you may be feeling powerless and

haunted by past memories of feeling and being
deeply disempowered.

But all of that can change.  

If you build your house on Faith, 
your own faith on the implicit divinity and

goodness of the Creator,
 by any name that you may choose to call Him and Her,

then you will be led to the door of the Sacred Heart 
which houses your own heart.

There is no boundary between you and the Divine 
nor between you and the Beloved other
than the boundaries created by your own mind.

You are the Beloved for whom this world has been created 
and you have the power

to make a difference.

The smallest act of loving yourself; 
 the smallest act of being kind to yourself;

the smallest act of reaching out to another in pain or distress or hunger;

these all have the power to change the image that the world is reflecting to you.

As you let the Light of your own heart shine on yourself

and on others and on the Earth, you become

the Gift that Life has gifted to this world.

Ave Maria

When I went back into the house I found a small
robin bird inside my bedroom which opens on to
the Mary garden in which set the altar
to Our Lady of Lourdes

This is what Animalspeak by Ted Andrews says about the

appearance of the Robin Redbreast :

The Robin Redbreast 

The robin redbreast is a bird of Spring, a time of new growth and new beginnings. It flies into our lives on the winds of change asking us to weed our personal gardens and plant new seeds for our future. Rebirth and renewal require changes in all areas of life that have become stagnant and outdated. The robin redbreast teaches us to how to make these changes with joy in our hearts. Its song is a happy one reminding us to let go of our personal drama and learn to laugh with life. If this medicine is underdeveloped those with this totem are continually challenged by the prospects of change. Difficulties arise and emotional discord can surface. Learning how to release our attachments to the old is one of the life lessons the redbreast helps us master. 

This bird packs a powerful punch. It holds strong significance in ancient myth and lore. One legend had its origins in European mythology, in which the bird of Spring was associated with the New Year and represented divine sacrifice and the rebirth of the spirit. 

In Medieval Europe the robin redbreast was often depicted attending the Christ child, an emblem of the Passion to come. It was told how, at that fateful hour, it was the tiny robin who flew to Jesus' Crown of Thorns, striving valiantly to pluck the spines away with his beak. Unfortunately the bird succeeded only in tearing his own breast on the thorns. Ever since then it was thought that all robins wore red feathers on their bosoms as a badge of honor. The robin redbreast is a bird of divine service. Those with this totem often have past life ties to the Christ energy. They make excellent priests and missionaries. 

The red coloring of the robins chest is linked to the kundalini in man. This life force lives coiled up within the base of the spine. When sufficient spiritual growth has been attained it uncoils, rising up the spine to create heightened awareness. This process enhances psychic vision which leads us into enlightenment. Those with this medicine are dedicated spiritual seekers. Growth can be slow and arduous. With patience, compassion and proper focus spiritual ideals are achieved. 

Robins lay powder blue eggs. This is the color associated with the throat chakra in man. It is also linked to heavenly inspiration. Because the throat chakra's main function is to express the will of God and the egg is symbolic of new life, this helpful little totem teaches us how to assert the creative will of God in all we do. It leads us into new beginnings without fear by restoring faith within our hearts.

Myself and Mary Beben thank you for travelling these nine days with us and

invite you to share on your own blog, should you feel called to do so, and to link back here.

blessings
Hettienne and Mary