(Wendy Cabell, Febuary 8, 2022, feast day of (above) Our Lady of the Lilies, Saint Josephine Bakhita, Saint Elfleda, Saint Kewe, Prophet Zachariah, Saint Sava ll. The Jewish calendar today commemorates Prophet and Lawgiver Moses, whose birthday and passing date are 7 Adar. Image from here.)
Mediatrix
A title of the Blessed Virgin
as mediator of grace.-- CatholicCulture.org
When in Mother’s arms, softened gaze
She changes everything.
She changes everything She touches
and everything She touches changes
till diverge, emerge -- so much simpler than before.
Not yet knowing what’s to be done. But
begun.
*The above “She changes… touches changes” from pg 107 of Circle of Song by Kate Marks, being the chorus from Lauren Liebling and Starhawk’s Kore Chant. There are traditions in both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox supporting pagan faith/philosophy as anticipating Christianity, eg here (note The Sybil of Erythraea top upper left). It's not hard to imagine the anticipation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in chants such as the one quoted.
**From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by something in the etymology of mistake (I chose divergent). From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, February 8, 2022.
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