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... )

Clare speaks in her Third Letter about Mary who carries Christ in her tiny womb, while the heavens could not enfold him. This is the focus of the cards for day 21 to 25.

“(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 ( Read more... )

Clare of Assisi speaks in her Third Letter to Agnes of Prague about Christ whom the vast heavens could not contain, while Mary carried him in her little womb, and held him on her lap. The cards for day 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, ending with Christmas Day, circle around this image.

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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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Saturday I will teach a short workshop to introduce myself and the class I teach in a spiritual centre. I read the Canticle of creatures with them and ask them to pull card to bless the Lord for the sun.

All praise be yours, my Lord,
through all you have made,
and first my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day;
and through whom you give us light.
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The Devil was the card that I pulled as theme of the day today (from the Tarot of Prague). Hmmm, may be time to review all that I am hooked to? I had a lovely day. Daughter back safe and sound from her summer camp, crying in the back of the car because it was finished. I met a wonderful friend from Belgium and had a coffee with her in the ( Read more... )

I have been to a friend in Amsterdam today. She lives near the center I teach there, so I should know the way to her. I thought to take another train, and had to go out in another station (Amsterdam Zuid, for the Dutch, and then I took metro 50 to the Lelylaan). I walked the wrong way in a thunder storm. In the end her friend with whom she lives ( Read more... )

On the card that I have pulled for today, Queen of Wands of the Tarot of Prague, is written: “Good cheer, and let us be joyful”.


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I have pulled Ace of Cups from the Tarot of Prague as Card of the Day.


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