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Christmas 1
Poems
A GOSPEL TREASURY
Poems Based on Lectionary Gospels
Rejoice! To us a child is born.
Behold, a son is given.
We hail a new beginning
as we celebrate our hope.
And yet, how little human eyes can see,
for here, amid our great festivity,
if we but lift our eyes,
across the years,
a cross appears,
a scourge,
a crown of thorns
and death.
Be thankful Mary could not see
beyond what was, what was to be.
She’d see him grow
yet could not know
that he would pay with life
for human sin
and die
that we might live.
Behold, a son is given.
We hail a new beginning
as we celebrate our hope.
And yet, how little human eyes can see,
for here, amid our great festivity,
if we but lift our eyes,
across the years,
a cross appears,
a scourge,
a crown of thorns
and death.
Be thankful Mary could not see
beyond what was, what was to be.
She’d see him grow
yet could not know
that he would pay with life
for human sin
and die
that we might live.