Meditation for the Season
Christmas Word
When he was born,
He couldn’t speak a word,
That Word made flesh.
All he could do was cry
The human cry of hunger
And the need for love.
He had to learn his words
At Mary’s knee and Joseph’s bench;
Words of the Kingdom values
That informed their lives.
And when he spoke
It was again Mary’s Magnificat,
Turning our expectations upside down:
Good news of transformation.
God’s Word, and ours
If we too give it flesh
And live Magnificat:
Meeting the human cry
Of hunger and the need for love.
Nativity Scene
‘Crib figures, take care’
The notice said.
The power of your simplicity,
Grouped there in silent
Adoration, could leave us
Most dissatisfied. Take care –
We cannot bear too much
Uneasiness. But keep us
Mindful of the hope
Embodied in that child
Lest we allow it to shatter
Like a Christmas toy. Above all,
Keep us from underestimating God,
Who, more than anything, took risks.
Ann Lewin
