If you haven't read Rebecca's Mornings With Mary entry this week, I encourage you to do so. She is an inspirational artist, poet and storyteller. And while you are there, visit the others who participated.
My offering this week is a SoulCollage® card I made on Monday. Adolph Bougereau is a favorite artist and I'm particularly fond of his creation of Mary and child focal point for this card. I call it Our Lady of the Storms.
In the style of SoulCollage®, I am the one who is always comforted when I take the time to think about the divine feminine, particularly Mary, Mother of Jesus. She calms me when I encounter real storms, like the people in the midwest suffering from tornados. But she is always there for everyone encountering the storms and routine of every day sacred life. I am the one who attains a groundedness in being that enrichs my spiritual beliefs when I remember to bring Mary to the forefront of my racing thoughts. She is the one who cuts across cultures and myth and brings peace to humanity in all her various forms.
The question I personally would ask of Our Lady of the Storms is, "The rose reminds me of my own late earthly mother. What practices besides the ones I already do can you gently and persistently introduce to me in my journal to reconnect with my mom who I've grieved for since 1968?"
