Mary Christmas...

Merry Christmas! (version 1)

Did you know that Christmas celebrations are birthday celebrations?
I think most people don’t, or they’ve forgotten. One step further, is to remember the mum.
Mary Christmas! Let me remind you about her.

What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?

Creator’s promise came true, what his messenger spoke,

“A child will come from you with no human father”.

What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?

When her time had come,

& her body broke,

first child was born

to Joseph’s missus.

What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?

The starlight broke through,

world’s story uncloaked

seen by the few

who kept awake, & a wild

What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?

Sky showed creator’s glory

seen by ordinary folk

amazed at the shepherd’s story

& the way they found the child.

What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?

Mary she mused

& something awoke

she recalled all this news

and thought deeply about it.

What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?

So Merry Christmas

Mary Christmas.

Merry Christmas

Mary Christmas.

“Don’t deny in the dark what you’ve seen in the light.”
Mary’s remembrance;        that’s what linked her with her past

& gave her presence for the future.

Luke 2:19: Mary remembered all these things she heard them saying, & thought deeply about them.