The Babe In The Manger

Before the beautiful Nativity Scene,
in the silent twinkling of the lights.
I inwardly heard the angels singing:
here are no earthly delights
But rather before you a Baby
who while resting in prickly Hay
Holds the power to change all darkness
into the brightest day
(c) littlefranciscan

The Immaculate One

Dec 8, 2006

The Immaculate One

Today we celebrate a feast
we call to mind a maid
Who from her conception kept immaculate
the graces in her displayed
Chosen to Mother God's Son
while remaining a virgin fair
Her life was one continuous "fiat"
her actons one uninterrupted prayer.

No other on earth could match her
or know her priveleged grace
She alone surrendered her body
to be God's Resting place.
Taking from her flesh a body
and placing within it His Son
The Eternal One became incarnate
in her womb Redemption begun.

It is fitting that we honor this mother
that we realize the beauty she knew
For in so doing we honor her Creator
and the Son who within her grew.
Only that which is completely spotless
could carry the spotless One
So we err not in saying
she was Immaculate
for she mothered
God's only Son.

Joy Pachowicz
littlefranciscan
December 8 2006