Merry Christmas!
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 promised 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, & then her body broke,
her fir-irst child was born, that’s to Joseph’s "missus".
What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?
When the starlight broke through,
the world’s story (uncloaked)
was then seen by the few, kept awake & a-wild.
What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?
Creator’s sky glory
seen by ordinary folk,
‘mazing shepherd’s story
- the way they found the child.
What made Mary merry on that first Christmas?
Mary she mused
& then something awoke
she recalled all this news
and thought deeply ’bout 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 (the shepherds), & thought deeply about them.
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