Dec 25, 2016 | Christmas, Jesus, joy, prayer
Hark! the messenger angels sing. It is finished! Love has come! Our spirits soar, O mighty God, at the magnitude and majesty: there you are among us, the Infant Savior — and here you are among us, the Wonderful Mystery! We are bursting with the news: Love is...
Dec 24, 2016 | Advent, Christmas, images of God, Jesus, love
Give your reverence. Give your awe. Give your silence, your humility, your rapturous tears. Give all in honor of the Child who is God’s glory, And let there be peace. Let there be glad penance. Let there be no room in your heart for aught but love. on Luke...
Nov 7, 2016 | Advent, Christmas, liturgy
I’m ready for Advent — Christmas too, but Advent especially. I find that the season’s wild imagination and perilous possibilities confront my pessimism, my complacency, my worry, and they challenge: “Well then? If you perceive the world’s...
Dec 27, 2015 | Christmas, music, poem
Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child bye bye we say this day. Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child bye bye along your way. O brothers, all, see how death falls; let anger be displayed, and to this child wrapped in a shawl sing you lully lullay. Dear sisters, too,...
Dec 24, 2015 | Advent, Christmas
Bless you, Mary, mother of God, for your courage and effort to give life to God in impossible circumstances: in full knowledge of the glory, in complete certainty of the pain. Bless you, Mary, for bearing God into the world and bless us to follow your...