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'