ADVENT SUMMONS
Come forth from the holy place,
sweet Child,
come from the quiet dark
where virginal heartbeats
tick your moments.
Come away from the red music
of Mary's veins,
come out from the Tower of David
sweet Child,
from your House of Gold.
Leave your lily-cloister,
leave your holy mansion,
quit your covenant ark.
O Child, be born!
Be born, sweet Child,
in our unholy hearts.
Come to our trembling,
helpless Child.
come to our littleness,
little Child,
be born unto us
who have kept the faltering vigil.
Be given, be born,
be ours again.
Come forth from your holy haven,
come away from your perfect shrine,
come to our wind-racked souls
from the flawless tent,
Sweet Child.
Be born, little Child,
into our unholy hearts.
Mother M Francis PCC
Friar. November 1957
Used with permission
From 'A Silence full of bells'
From 'A Silence full of bells'
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