[Oe List ...] Christmas poetry by St. John of the Cross, Raymond Hunthausen; TS Elliot

[Isobel Bishop]

Thanks Ellie..
Blessings on your life.
xx
Isobel Bishop 

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> On 20 Dec 2017, at 1:41 pm, Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Some Christmas poetry shared at Carleton's lectionary group today...
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> IF YOU WANT
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> If
> you want
> the Virgin will come walking down the road
> pregnant with the holy,
> and say,
> “I need shelter for the night, please take me inside your heart,
> my time is so close.”
> Then, under the roof of your soul, you will witness the sublime
> intimacy, the divine, the Christ
> taking birth
> forever,
> as she grasps your hand for help, for each of us
> is the midwife of God, each of us.
> Yet there, under the dome of your being does creation
> come into existence eternally, through your womb, dear pilgrim—
> the sacred womb in your soul,
> as God grasps our arms for help; for each of us is
> His beloved servant
> never far.
> If you want, the Virgin will come walking
> down the street pregnant
> with Light and sing ... 
> --St. John of the Cross, “If You Want” 
> translated by Daniel Ladinsky in Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West (New York: Penguin Group, 2002), 306-307.
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> If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things,
> And again with things;
> If we consider ourselves so unimportant
> that we must fill every moment of our lives with action;
> When will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the burning desert, as did the Magi?
> Or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds?
> Or brood over the coming of the child, as did Mary?
> For each of us: There is a desert to travel, A star to discover, And a being within ourselves to bring to life.
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>                     by Raymond Hunthausen
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> Journey of the Magi
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> Journey of the Magi
> 'A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways de...
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> T. S. Eliot reads "Journey of the Magi"
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