Perdita Finn and Clark Strand gave us so many exciting ways to dive into the mystery of the divine feminine hidden in the rosary.

• Whether you know the Hail Mary or it’s brand new, say it (the words are on p 5 in the transcript) and notice how the three sentences honor the three faces of the goddess: beautiful maiden, loving mother, wise death crone. How does it feel to say a prayer that is thousands of years old?
• Say the Sign of the Cross as Perdita suggested: forehead—in the name of the father, womb—and of the child, breasts—of the holy mother. How radical does that feel to not just name but embody the trinity of father, mother, child?
• When you wake in the night, instead of thinking about the sleep you are missing, lie there aware of how blessed you are to be awake during the “hour of God.” Notice what thoughts and feelings move through you.
• Read the paragraph from the Stockholm Report on p 26 in the transcript. Read it aloud. Slowly. Does it feel sacred? What does it evoke?
• In The Way of the Rose our Lady says, “You must know that there are no limits on prayer because there was no beginning to prayer. At birth, you came in somewhere in the middle of a great story of prayer that, because it forms a circle like the beads of the rosary, is truly without end." How does that affect your understanding of prayer—and of yourself?

Open Prayer Bag 19 and enjoy an excerpt from The Way of the Rose and the gorgeous image of Mary created by Will Lytle. Then, come to our Praying at the Speed of Love Facebook community and share your own rosary and Mary questions and experiences. Clark and Perdita will join us. And their publisher has given me a copy of The Way of the Rose to give to a listener in our PSL community.