Pray: Untie knots with Mary’s healing

Christine Valters Paintner reads from her most recent book, Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal. She says that the Holy Mother not only unties knots in our lives, she asks us to see those tender, hurting places as portals for divine grace.

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About the Guest & Text

Christine Paintner

Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE is the online Abbess for Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery and global community integrating contemplative practice and creative expression. numerous books on spirituality and creativity, including Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and RenewalHer programs draw on the wisdom of the desert, Celtic, and Benedictine spiritual traditions as well as the joy of the expressive arts, embodied practice, and Earth-cherishing wisdom. 

Her book can be ordered here . She also offers a 7-day series of morning and evening prayers to connected to the new title. 

Write: A response to this meditation where holy vulnerability replaces pain.