AVE MARIA

 

                                                                                  Freepik

Sweet Virgin Mary, when your word you gave

to be the mother of the Word made flesh

you showed the valour of a spirit brave

trading composure for a tangled mesh

No whimper of regret tarnished the birth

That night in Bethlehem when the angels quired

Calmly you bore and fed the Lord of earth

and heaven. Messiah long desired

Your tender heart was riven by a sword

that Friday when they nailed Him to a cross

Woman of silence, you sustained your Lord,

eyes lifted to His Eyes, no word of loss.

Then did He speak, that suffering Son so mild:

"Behold your son" and I became your child.

                                                Luky Whittle

Image courtesy of Freepik with CN Whittle

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

 

Smoking incense of prayer floats

   throughout the medievalprayerroom

      of Hildegard's soul as

          highbrowed, and passionately mystical,

She views the Trinity with interest

      and juggles the gifts they bring

           her with ease of vision and

                  word and writing;

She is skilled in the arts of herbs

     and spiritual direction

          but most skilled in the 

              arts and movements

                   of the soul

Smoke surrounds her inner being

     with mystery and fragrance

          and understanding and

              union and

                   love.

Catherine Nicolette Whittle

Image 'St Hildegard of Bingen' courtesy of Freepik with CN Whittle

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