Monday, August 21, 2017

SONNETS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: THE BIRTH OF THE INFANT JESUS


THE BIRTH OF THE INFANT JESUS

In Bethlehem, confronted with a welter
Of registering people all looking for room,
Saint Joseph and Mary could not find shelter
Though signs indicated the Child would come soon
After some hours Mary, no longer able
To search for lodgings, was forced to give birth
It was in a rough, dirty Bethlehem stable
The Lord of the heavens was welcomed on earth
His foster father laid Him in a manger
Since there was no room for them in the inn
Shepherds and angels kept them from all danger
And tended to them in this world of sin
The heavenly choirs of angels sang the Gloria
As birds of earth chirruped Ave Maria

Luky Whittle

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