Clare of Assisi speaks in her Third Letter to Agnes of Prague about Mary as a young girl who holds Christ on her lap.

“(18) May you cling to his most sweet Mother, who gave birth to the kind of Son whom the heavens could not contain, (19) and yet, she carried him in the tiny enclosure of her sacred womb, and held him on her young girl's lap.”

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The last days in this period of Advent my cards circled around the antagonism that the vast heavens could not contain Christ, but the tiny womb of Mary could. Clare of Assisi writes in her Third Letter to Agnes of Prague:

“(18) May you cling to his most sweet Mother, who gave birth to the kind of Son whom the heavens could not contain (19) and yet, ( Read more... )

It is almost Christmas, the night of the birth of Christ. In her Third Letter Clare speaks about the birth of Christ. She says that the heavens could not hold Christ. They had to release him. The cards for day 21 to 25, ending with Christmas Day, circle around this themet:

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My card today is inspired by a painting by Willem de Kooning: “Door to the River” (1960).


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I have pulled Six of Candlesticks (Wands) from the Tarot of Jane Austen to reflect on my day that is now almost past.


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The second position of the Dark Goddess spread is about patience. It shows were to take it easy and allow things to happen in a natural circle cycle. It shows were I am “forcing” things. I’ve pulled Six of Wands from the Fairytale Tarot for this position.


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On Sunday we had a complementary Health Fair in Heerenveen which I helped organize. It was a success. A few months ago we had drawn Six of Wands from the Inner Child Cards for the day, and it felt just like that. We wished for a day in which the participents felt at ease with each other, that happened. We wanted also that each one could promote ( Read more... )

At Station Eight of the Way of the Cross Jesus meets women of Jerusalem who weep for him. My question at this Station is: Who weeps for the cross I bear?


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Today the passage in the Breviary is a difficult one. It is a vision of Isaiah, a prophecy that God will destroy Babel, Isaiah 13:4-11. “Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it. For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. ( Read more... )