{"id":2507,"date":"2018-04-27T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2018-04-06T18:14:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T22:14:06","slug":"prayer-holy-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2018\/04\/prayer-holy-mothers.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer to the Holy Mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

APRIL<\/em><\/p>\n

April is when we celebrate Mother Nature, Mother Earth and all Her creations and creatures. It is all about green growth and the April showers that nourishes it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

By Shiloh Sophia<\/em><\/p>\n

Illuminate for us
\nwhat we do not see
\nResonate through us
\nwhat we do not hear
\nReveal to us the sweetness
\nthat we do not taste
\nRaise up within us
\nthe places we have gone dead
\nRemind us of who we are
\nwhen we have lost the path
\nNurture the empty bowl
\nwithin us that is hungry
\nTurn toward us
\nin the places we have turned away
\nTeach us
\nwhat we have not learned
\nGuide us
\nin the ways of wisdom
\nTeach us forgiveness
\nwhen we can’t find it for ourselves
\nWeave for us
\nthat which we have unravelled
\nAmen<\/p>\n

Written on the Feast Day of the Virgin de Guadalupe
\n***
\nDonna Henes is the author of The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n

The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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