for to us

and now stand we all upon the brink of mystery
for to us, the empty-handed, there has been a child born
uncreated, He has entered human history
life eternal, swaddled in the flesh that we have worn

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the light of dawn

the old man’s hunger had left his stomach hollow.
how am i to know this? he had asked the angel.
elizabeth’s womb lies barren; no seed
has ever taken root. and i am no better than a wizened stem.

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numina

how You bend the universe
to meet me where i least expect it —

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the Sower of the stars

father Abraham was promised a son. but
remember — sarah laughed. can new things come from an
old body? can life spring forth from what is dead?

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O Eternal Light

O Eternal Light, it is death’s night You have saved us from;
on those in the land of shadow and sorrow
You have dawned.

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