Over time you may become aware of how the energy
‘builds up’ and gather in your space.
powerful it becomes.
Should you want to, you can repeat this invocation daily.
Today, place your deck of cards on your altar for consecration.
We will draw a card for the week.
If you own a set of Amulets of Mary, then place these onto your altar as well.
My deck of cards placed on altar
Today I also added my journal and will start writing down any insights
that flow to me.
Then repeat the mantra of invocation to bless your deck of cards.
Mantra for blessing and sanctification of altar and cards
Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
OM
Repeat the full mantra 3 or 6 times. You can keep count with your rosary
or prayer beads. Then place your hands on your shawl and move to the rosary
and all items on your altar. Place your hands on the container with water. If you choose
to drink the water afterwards, keep a small amount for the next day. You can
daily add to the water and by the end of the thirty days you will have water
with powerful healing properties.
As always we start with a prayer to Mary
Daily Prayer
When you have said the prayer with intent and focus, pick up your rosary
and repeat the daily mantra.
Please complete the rosary at least twice and a 108 bead mala at least once.
As you become more comfortable, or if you are already a seasoned meditator,
then repeat this mantra up to 6 times around the rosary.
For a mantra we use the rosary in the same way as we do a mala or prayer beads :
you move the beads one by one through your fingers,
repeating the line of the mantra on each bead.
The Mantra
Om Jai Mata Mary Ma
Sit quietly for a few minutes, just allowing yourself absorb the energy you have invoked.
Enjoy it …… feel the presence of the Sacred embracing you, flowing all around you.
We rejoice in our physical nature, appreciating this time to pause and remember the holy
purpose of our lives. We feel gratitude for those travelling with us on this path of love
and freedom. Feel a smile forming on your face. You are happy to be here in this
peaceful inner place. Let there be peace. Gently refocus on the outer world and carry this peace
with you into the world.
Close your communion with repeating the prayer again.
As you feel your heart filled with peace and gratitude to the blessings received from
Mary, the Rose of the World, you can scatter some of your fresh flower petals, or sprinkle some
of your blessed water, over her image.
thank you
thank you
thank you
And so it is.
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| Aerial view of candles in procession at any night of the week at the Lourdes sanctuary – these are people from all religious and spiritual paths, drawn here by Mary |
a cave, or a field outside a village or city
– In many fairy tales the protagonist or heroine is set certain
challenges which she has to overcome in order to reach some goal
– in fairy tales both the helpers, guides and antagonists
are women : we see mainly the young girl as the protagonist and
helpers and antagonists in the guise of old women, queens,
stepmothers, grandmothers, wise old women and witches.
– and in fairy tales good magic always triumphs over the bad.
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| St Bernadette, Handmaiden of Roses Mysteries of Mary Tarot Deck |
Over the next six days we will explore how the story of
a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous, from the small village
outside Lourdes, fits into the frame work of the fairy tale.
And what does this mean for us?
Fairy tales can be regarded as mythical religious stories
with the focus and emphasis on the divine feminine
as a balancing contrast to the patriarchal Roman and Greek
myths which we have come to know. In other words,
a thealogy (female deity) in contrast to an exclusive
theology (male deity).
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| The Handless Maiden whose hands miraculously grew back when she reached into the well to save her child IX Roses in Mysteries of Mary Tarot Deck |
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| Amulets of Mary Lady of Lourdes The French Madonna @ etsy.com |
Novena for Day Two :
of Lourdes. I invoke the sacred feminine