She brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:7; KJV).
Sacred darkness;
Holy light;
Patient waiting
In God’s sight.
Hallowed labour;
Painful birth;
God’s own Christ-child
Here, on earth.
Blissful stillness;
Watchful love;
Sacred, human
Motherhood.
Deepest silence;
Wordless praise;
Perfect peace
As Mary prays.
Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19; NIV).