A CAROL FOR SLEEPY CHILDREN

A CAROL FOR SLEEPY CHILDREN

When Mary came to Bethlehem

on the first Christmas night

she bore the lovely Christ Child

to be each child’s delight.

There was no room in Bethlehem

for any one so small

and yet so great as Mary’s Child

but in an ox’s stall.

There was no bed in Bethlehem

for any one so poor

and yet so rich as Mary’s Child

but on the stable floor.

Oh!  All you little children

who sleep in linen white,

would you not share your cradles

if Jesus came tonight?

                                                                                                           Sister Maris Stella CSJ

America. 25 December 1937

Used with permission