MANIFESTATION

MANIFESTATION

The crowned ones of the earth are kneeling

before a crownless King

the light of strange star is stealing

through chinks where cobwebs cling.

The little house is poor and lowly;

its light is small and dim,

but, Oh, it holds the "Holy, holy"

theme of seraphim.

The maiden Mother leaves her spinning,

( thread so smooth and slight)

for He who was in the beginning

begins a work tonight.

Three truly wise men, home returning

along their secret ways

will be three torches brightly burning

to set the East ablaze.

And Mary, for her Son receiving

myrrh, frankincense, and gold,

sings in her humble heart, believing

the prophecies of old.

She gives the gold to Joseph, thinking

of wrath and sudden flight

before another sun goes sinking

to hide them safe in night.

The incense, sold, will be provision

in Egypt's pagan gloom.

The myrrh she hides with swift decision:

Oh, years away His tomb!

Sister M Albertina CDP

Sign. December 1958

From 'A Silence full of bells'