Christmas Faith

Mary and Joseph,

quarantined in a tiny stable,

far from friends and family

and the support of the familiar,

trusted in the memory of angel-whispers,

the promise of the birth

of Emmanuel,

an event that would forever change

the sense of what was normal

as God took up residence among God’s people.

We are still touched

by the ripples of that cosmic birth,

of the gift of a Messiah who walked the Earth

and taught us how to live and love

and trust in the in-between times.

By Sister Susan Lindstrom, O.S.B.

(Benedictine Sister Susan Lindstrom is a member of the Benedictine Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove.) †

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