Sunday, March 15, 2015

EXPECTANCY


EXPECTANCY

It may not be on Christmas Eve
when silver bells are ringing,
there may not be a starry sky
with hosts of angels singing

It may be very dark the night
when she and God together
come seeking out my little heart
to shield them from the weather

His mother may not be in blue - 
I may not even know them - 
perhaps I'd best give all the world
the courtesy I'd show them

And lest they take me by surprise
I think it ample reason
to leave my heart's expectant door
flung wide in every season

Sister M Ada CSJ
America. 25 December 1953

From 'A Silence full of bells'

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