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“Ask-Art-4-Spirit-Letter”. Released: 2019.

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Year after year as a young woman and through the r Year after year as a young woman and through the rest of her life, Charlotte Mason would hear these words: “Almighty God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son, to take our nature upon him, and … to be born of a pure Virgin…” This prayer, first arranged by Thomas Cranmer for the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, blesses the Anglican liturgy to this day. But what do these words mean, “born of a pure Virgin”? Some notions are difficult to explore or express in prose; it seems that the highest truths often reach us through art, whether poem, painting, or performance. One image in particular touched Mason deeply when she was not yet thirty years old. Art brought forth art and she penned verses to express the ideas forming in her heart. When it became time to explore the Advent mystery in her Saviour of the World volumes, Mason lingered after the Annunciation. She reached back to that poem from her earlier days, that poem written “on a picture.” But it was not until two years after the poem was published that she gave another glimpse into how this poem was to be understood. Writing in “The Nativity” in the 1910 Parents’ Review, she explained: “Born of a pure Virgin.—Perhaps here, too, the painters are the best helpers to our meditative thought…” Born of a pure Virgin. Perhaps it’s an idea that cannot be reduced to catechism or creed. It leaves the heart hungry for more. At least it did for Charlotte Mason. And so from the liturgy to the canvas, Mason contemplated the great mystery of the woman whose womb the Son of God would take for a home. Follow the profile link for Charlotte Mason’s poem. @artmiddlekauff . . . . . . . . . #charlottemasonpoetry #murillo #charlottemason #charlottemasoninspired #immaculateconception
“The keeping of a Nature Note Book gives each chil “The keeping of a Nature Note Book gives each child a lifelong hobby. The books are never stereotyped and are absolutely voluntary, giving free rein to individual tastes.” (“The Charm of Nature Study”, PR42) @tessakeath
This scene at our garden box reminded us of Peter This scene at our garden box reminded us of Peter Rabbit and Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail. Can’t you just picture them running about? I’m glad I left out my Zinnia plants for them. What does your garden look like in winter? Any signs of life? @antonella.f.greco . . . . . . . . . #peterrabbit #flopsymopsycottontail #wintergarden #animaltracks #eyesandnoeyes #1000hoursoutside #charlottemasonpoetry #charlottemasonnaturestudy #tracksinwinter #beatrixpotter
There are many, many devotionals to choose from, b There are many, many devotionals to choose from, but my favorite companion during the season of Lent is “The Cloud of Witness” by Edith Gell. Yesterday Lent began for me when our Assistant Rector solemnly declared, “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent: by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and alms-giving; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.” It would not necessarily seem to be a welcome invitation. Who wants to spend weeks with a focus on “self-examination and repentance”? Did not Charlotte Mason herself warn about the dangers of “morbid introspection”? That is one reason I like having Edith Gell’s “The Cloud of Witness” in the weeks that lead up to Easter. Here I found this gem to accompany yesterday’s invitation: “Grieve not so much that sin Hath found a stealthy passage to thy heart, As now rejoice that Penitence hath tracked Its subtle footstep there.” — W. Smith And so I enter Lent not with grief but with joy. For repentance is a gift that leads to liberty. @artmiddlekauff . . . . . . . . . #charlottemasonpoetry #charlottemason #thecloudofwitness #lent2026 #sageparnassus
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