Thursday, December 25, 2003
Sweet, perfect child
laying in Our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Dim the light
in this stable tonight,
and yet, the Light of the world
has come to join us.
Sweet, perfect child
laying in our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Straw and the lowing
of cattle tonight
greet your coming,
forcasting how many
would have no room for you
in the inn of their lives,
yet still with the shepherds,
those of us who listen to the singing of heaven
come and find you ever anew
to discover the love that brings you here.
Sweet perfect child,
laying in our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Now, with Mary,
let us celebrate
the wonder of your coming.
Now, with the angels,
let us raise our voices
for the wonder of you love/
Sweet perfect child,
laying in our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
laying in Our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Dim the light
in this stable tonight,
and yet, the Light of the world
has come to join us.
Sweet, perfect child
laying in our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Straw and the lowing
of cattle tonight
greet your coming,
forcasting how many
would have no room for you
in the inn of their lives,
yet still with the shepherds,
those of us who listen to the singing of heaven
come and find you ever anew
to discover the love that brings you here.
Sweet perfect child,
laying in our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Now, with Mary,
let us celebrate
the wonder of your coming.
Now, with the angels,
let us raise our voices
for the wonder of you love/
Sweet perfect child,
laying in our Lady's lap,
how amazing to think of who you are.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
Labels: Advent Nativity Epiphany
Monday, December 22, 2003
In this season,
may we pause in amazement
of God With Us,
Emanuel,
laying there,
not as a mighty king,
but a child
with no roof of his own
who has come to lead us to our true home.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
may we pause in amazement
of God With Us,
Emanuel,
laying there,
not as a mighty king,
but a child
with no roof of his own
who has come to lead us to our true home.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
Labels: Advent Nativity Epiphany
The present
There I see you,
my king and my God,
laying there in the manger,
newly come into the world
with all the bright promise
of that wonderful gift.
What gift have I to bring
to lay at your feet
in joyful offering
for this wonderous moment?
I give you my heart,
torn and touched with sin,
my hands, too often used to hurt
as well as help,
my mouth to sing your praise,
even as it says that which causes pain.
It is not much, I know,
to give to you who hold the universe
in your hands,
but like the widow's mite
I lay it at your feet,
all that I have to give.
In your hands, Lord,
may it become transformed
into something that will please you.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
There I see you,
my king and my God,
laying there in the manger,
newly come into the world
with all the bright promise
of that wonderful gift.
What gift have I to bring
to lay at your feet
in joyful offering
for this wonderous moment?
I give you my heart,
torn and touched with sin,
my hands, too often used to hurt
as well as help,
my mouth to sing your praise,
even as it says that which causes pain.
It is not much, I know,
to give to you who hold the universe
in your hands,
but like the widow's mite
I lay it at your feet,
all that I have to give.
In your hands, Lord,
may it become transformed
into something that will please you.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
Labels: Advent Nativity Epiphany
On the Nativity
Thank you Jesus,
for not coming to us in a palace,
waited on by servants,
pampered in cloth of gold
and surrounded by walls
to keep out those of us
not worthy to glimpse your perfection.
Thank you instead,
for coming to us poor but accessible,
laying in a cattle feeding box
for lack of a better bed,
in a hovel meant for animals,
where anyone could walk in
and see the miracle of
God taking on flesh.
Lord, teach us to value
what is really important -
As we celebrate the miracle of your birth,
and on this and every day of our lives.
Amen.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
Thank you Jesus,
for not coming to us in a palace,
waited on by servants,
pampered in cloth of gold
and surrounded by walls
to keep out those of us
not worthy to glimpse your perfection.
Thank you instead,
for coming to us poor but accessible,
laying in a cattle feeding box
for lack of a better bed,
in a hovel meant for animals,
where anyone could walk in
and see the miracle of
God taking on flesh.
Lord, teach us to value
what is really important -
As we celebrate the miracle of your birth,
and on this and every day of our lives.
Amen.
Susan E. Stone, 2003
Labels: Advent Nativity Epiphany, Emmanuel
