Wednesday, September 11, 2019

PROPHECY OF SIMEON



         PROPHECY OF SIMEON

Portent enough of cruel intent
lay open in Isaias,
surely the Queen of Prophets read aright.

But Bethlehem and baby hands
lulled fears of pain to be,
and Mary shared His sleep of smiling peace.

O brief repose!  How soon
old Simeon’s rough hand
swept through her web of dreams,
aroused her to words italicized by fire.

First Dolour[1]

Sister M Julian RSM
 In: The Refuge of Beauty.  1954



[1] First Dolour: the prophecy of Simeon.

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