Loving Lupita: Day 12

Today's the Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe,

the last day of Loving Lupita at Rebecca's place.

young maiden chosen

to be a holy vessel

fire burning bright

Loving Lupita: Day 11

"Corrective Lenses" created on Polyvore.com by MeriMagic

What if Mary had possessed a pair of magical glasses

that allowed her to see the future ---

every detail of the life that followed saying yes

when the angel announced that she was the chosen vessel?

Knowing her fledgling family would have to flee to Egypt,

that her first-born would be set apart from others 

and possessed of an other-worldliness and preturnatural gifts,

that he would ultimately be hung by the Romans

alongside common thieves. . . .

would her answer have been different?

Can we escape our destiny?

If we choose to deviate from the path that appears to be ours,

is the final destination the one at which we were meant to arrive?

Just wondering.

Loving Lupita

:Loving Lupita: Another Virgin

Another Virgin image to share with

A-Virgin-a-Day

"Burning Bright" created by MeriMagic on Polyvore.com 2014

To say the least,

this one's non-traditional.

But when you get right down to it,

isn't what counts boundless, extravagant love?

Loving Lupita: A Virgin a Day

Another day, another Virgin

"The Virgin's Lips" created by MeriMagic on Polyvore.com

for Rebecca's A Virgin a Day.

Loving Lupita: Adorned

Protestants largely ignore her,

except during the Christmas season. . . .

after all, Jesus had a mortal birth

and a mother who gestated him.

There's a nod at Easter to the mother

who sat at the foot of the cross

and anointed her son's body in the tomb

in ancient burial rites.

How left out she must feel the rest of the year.

A Virgin a Day: Beaded Madonna

Another Virgin to share

for Rebecca's 

A Virgin a Day

Created by MeriMagic on Polyvore.com 

Forgive me. 

I know the Madonna of Biblical fame

and Renaissance art was a humble woman

without means

but I thought she deserved to be fancy.

Loving Lupita: Images of the Virgin

Joining the incomparable Rebecca

at Recuerda Mi Corazon

(along with Deb, Gemma, Hetienne, MagicalMysteryTeacher,

Annie, and Gemma)

to celebrate the Virgin

who is the feminine face of God.

Polka Dot Virgin - Created by MeriMagic 2014 on Polyvore.com

Eyes turned upward,

the Virgin reverently beseeches heaven.

Polka dots represent the blessings all around her

flowing to her and through her.