Bede records in his Reckoning of Time (A.D. 725) the use of candles at the Feast of Purification was common in his day. (Latin Text) [O]n the feast of St Mary, the whole populace with the priests and ministers goes on procession through the churches and the city neighbourhoods, all singing devout hymns, and carryingContinue reading “Candlemass 2nd February”
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October 4th – Our Lady of Vassivière, Auvergne, France (1374)
Transfiguration of the Black Madonna (excerpted from Zenith) ** Gypsy Goddess; Gypsy Saint Black Madonna, full of snakes, let your crescent down. Wield the sickle, rush the milk, and salt the serpents’ mouths. Golden bangles, black milk snakes—these adorn your arms. Blue sky cloth cut for (you) Sarah, Sarah Black, Madonna Shadow, cut for goddess saintContinue reading “October 4th – Our Lady of Vassivière, Auvergne, France (1374)”
October 2nd – Our Lady of the Assumption, Naples, Italy (11th Century)
these bones liquefied there’s a drain in this crappy middle school bathroom. shoulder to shoulder stalls, and toilet paper stuck here, there, and above me. one light has burnt out, and it smells like feminine products, cherry lip gloss, and electric nerves. but there is a drain, and it is my favorite part. because ifContinue reading “October 2nd – Our Lady of the Assumption, Naples, Italy (11th Century)”
September 30 – Our Lady of Beaumont, Lorraine, France (12th Century)
“Joan Of Arc” Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc as she came riding through the dark; no moon to keep her armour bright, no man to get her through this very smoky night. She said, “I’m tired of the war, I want the kind of work I had before, a wedding dressContinue reading “September 30 – Our Lady of Beaumont, Lorraine, France (12th Century)”
September 27th – Our Lady of Happy Assembly Le Laus, France (1664)
The Hour Dylann Roof Sat In The Church by Denice Frohman I. By now, you know their names, their cheekbones— the tender hands they offered when you walked in. You know the quivering strength of prayer and the art of making God listen. How faith can summon weary backbones into pyramids. And you know that graceContinue reading “September 27th – Our Lady of Happy Assembly Le Laus, France (1664)”
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