The Light Shall Return

The Light Shall Return

Mother of Consolation

help me to let myself be consoled.

I hold it all together, Blessed One.

I have convinced myself that it is up to me

to keep the airplane aloft with my own breath,

that I am the only one capable

of baking bread and scrubbing floors,

that it is my responsibility alone

to alleviate the sorrow

in the heart of every single person I know.

But I have forgotten how to weep, Tender One.

Teach me to reach out to the ones I comfort 

and ask for their comfort

Let me feel the tender touch of the Holy One

on my cheek when I wake in the night,

weary and frightened

Help me to be vulnerable and soft now,

broken open and free

                      - Mirabai Starr

Mary's Gold

We are midway in Thirty Days with Mary and

here in the Southern Hemisphere the light rises

later and later, leaving us in the dark for longer every day.

As the light rises, we are simultaneously drawn to turn within

and without and a subtle tension gently opens the heart,

day after day.

Mary's Halo

Can you bear the opening of the heart?

Can you stand the creaking of the bones as the

ribcage opens?

Can you be with the Light that pours from the

inner darkness?

Can you be with It All?

blessings

Hettienne Ma