This year that is Unprecedented—it has happened before. Disaster took a different form, maybe, but Plagues, storms, oppression, injustice— There is nothing new under the sun. There is comfort in knowing humanity before us has Also struggled and sorrowed. This year we took our place among our kindred Who have endured terrible things. The world… Continue reading Unprecedented, A Christmas Poem for 2020
Out of a million seeds that fall in the forest How many of them grow, pushing two tender leaves through the black earth? Out of those few, how many become saplings, thin trunks wiry and strong Like young boys with supple limbs? And then—such a small fraction—one or two become trees. But He made sure… Continue reading The Tree: A Poem for Good Friday
O come, all ye founded, You who are strong Built up by hope and gratefulness. Rejoice, you who see clearly The wonder of Emmanuel. Draw near and worship. O come, all ye fragile, You who are battered, Toppled, weakened, drowning. Kneel upon the firm, dusty ground Of the stable. Bow before the One whose… Continue reading Christmas Poem, 2018
The air was thin that night. The atmosphere itself spread to nothing because Heaven pressed so close. How could they even breathe, the two young parents, Tired and trembling, whispering, worshipping, Looking at Hope Himself, wrapped in glory like swaddling? Angels burst into song, pulling breaths of Earth’s air into heavenly lungs And in the… Continue reading Christmas Poem, 2017
(Virgin Mary Consoles Eve, painted by Sister Grace Remington, OCSO, Sisters of the Mississippi Abbey) (In the tradition of my grandfather, who loved writing poems, I began writing Christmas poems. This was my first, inspired by the beautiful and weighty painting above.) I stand Head bowed in shame, the weight of every sin upon my narrow… Continue reading Mary Consoles Eve, A Christmas Poem
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