Showing posts with label advent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advent. Show all posts

Sunday, December 21, 2014

The Path of the Stars

Down through spheres that chant the Name of One
Who is the Law of Beauty and of Light
He came, and as He came the waiting Night
Shook with gladness of a Day begun;
And as He came, He said: Thy Will be Done
On Earth; and all His vibrant Words were white
And glistering with silver, and their might
Was of the glory of a rising sun.
Unto the Stars sang out His living Words
White and with silver, and their rhythmic sound
Was a might symphony unfurled;
And back from out the Stars like homing birds
They fell in love upon the sleeping ground.
And were forever in a wakened world.
 
~Thomas S. Jones Jr.


Sunday, December 14, 2014

"Mary Pondered All These Things"

Mother Mary's mind-
A repository-
Cherished every kind
Of event and story.
She remembered what
Joseph soon forgot.

Quite incredible
How she could recall
Word and miracle,
Pain and passion! All
Through the days she pondered
In her heart, and wondered.

Mother's still, it seems
Keep their hearts like Mary-
Full of words and dreams-
Like a reliquary.
Men like Joseph yet
Easily forget.

~Edwin McNeill Poteat