Christmas Refrain by St John of the Cross

The Virgin, weighed

with the Word of God,

comes down the road:

if only you'll shelter her.

We pass Year after Year and #Christmas after Christmas, knowing that the essence of the season, is to accept Christ into our hearts.

But like the poem 'Cloud of Carmel' (in my first post) states :

'and the Divine Indweller sets His throne

deep in a cloud in me .....'

O wonder of wonder, the creator of the heavens and stars, the one who made this earth, our habitat, has chosen to 

' ..... set His throne

deep in a cloud in me, His sanctuary'

Even when no human eye can behold this

'.....house of a Presence ....

and frightened acre of a Deity ...'

Softly, we murmur

'O hut of God, deepen your faith anew.'

#contemplative #carmelite #spirituality #carmel #faith