Our Lady of the Blue Mountain

In March 2008, I went to do a labyrinth walk and there I learned about Our Lady of the Blue Mountain. A beautiful white statue from Italy sits at the foot of Jamaica's Blue Mountain at St. Martin De Porres Church. This wonderful lady and her baby, Jesus, depict serenity and the bittersweet life of Christians. I visited her statue, and benefited from meditating in that place, overlooking the little basic school, flanked by two beautiful grand palms, I call them "Goodness" and "Mercy". The story I was told was that Our Lady wanted a pilgrim site in the Blue Mountains, but due to constraints, her pilgrim site is at the foot of the Blue Mountain. There she stands, serenely surveying the children at play, while holding her beloved son. When you sit in their presence, you can literally share thoughts, feelings and ideas. My visits there are less frequent now, since she has guided me to find the Living Stream Book Store and St. Peter and Paul's RCIA classes. I will be back over the Lenten season....to sit, to listen...to hear.