Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Poem: "In Mary - Darkness" by Jessica Powers

I live my Advent in the womb of Mary
And on one night when a great star swings free 
From its high mooring and walks down the sky 
To be the dot above the Christus I, 

I shall be born of her by blessed grace. 
I wait in Mary-darkness, faith’s walled place, 
With hope’s expectance of nativity. 
I knew for long she carried me and fed me, 
Guarded and loved me, though I could not see, 
But only now, with inward jubilee, 
I come upon earth’s most amazing knowledge: 
Someone is hidden in this dark with me.

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