It is snowing, that belongs very much to the time of Goddess and saint Brigid. I am doing a spread about her, inspired by a story.

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It is Brigid’s eve tonight. I need to go on with my reading about Saint Brigid’s lake of milk. This is (again) the story about the lake of milk.

Once seven “venerable bishops” came to visit Brigid. Brigid’s cook told Brigid that they did not have any refreshments to give the bishops. But Brigid was able to milk her cows three times in the same day ( Read more... )

Clare of Assisi comforts Agnes of Prague in her Second Letter (1235-38) by telling her to set her eyes on Christ, and to suffer with him. The cards for day 13, 14 and 15 in this Advent period revolve around the contemplation, and suffering with Christ 9 (19-22).

“(19) Now that you have made yourself contemptible in this world for his sake, look ( Read more... )

Clare encourages Agnes, in the Third Letter, in same excerpt as yesterday and the day before, to walk with swift pace, while fulfilling her vows.

“(11) (…) What you hold, may you continue to hold,
what you do, may you keep doing and not
stop,

(12) but with swift pace, nible step, and feet that
do not stumble so that even your walking
does not raise ( Read more... )

These are the themes of the Four of Disks (Tarot of the Crone) for me, the card that I have pulled for my vocation yesterday. I sum them up, in order to understand the card in releation to the theme of vocation.


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For Agnes, as for Clare, the chief cause of opposition was poverty. The current pope, Gregory IX, wanted Agnes' monastery to accept profit from a hospice she had earlier founded, while the current Franciscan leader, Brother Elias, supported her in her refusal. (From the website: Other Women’s Voices.)

Clare supports Agnes in her Second Letter (1235 ( Read more... )

I have pulled the Four of Coins from the Jane Austen Tarot today to shed light on the Seven of Pentacles, drawn with the question in mind what is important for me in the next half a year.

I am delving deeper into Seven of Pentacles, a card that I pulled with the question what is important for me in the upcoming half year. I do this with a spread ( Read more... )

Today I pulled a card inspired by logion 6 of the Gospel of Thomas.

(6) His disciples questioned him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How shall we pray? Shall we give alms? What diet shall we observe?" Jesus said, "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of heaven. For nothing hidden will not ( Read more... )

This is logion 3 from the Gospel of Thomas.

3) Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you ( Read more... )

Station 1 of the Stations of the Cross depicts the scene in which Jesus is condemned to death by Pilate. On almost all pictures Jesus stands upright when this happens.


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