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| Candles burning at the Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem |
December 16th
May Christmas Come – by Alan Jones
The rough beast slouching
toward Bethlehem,
still waits to come to term.
Christmas comes and goes as we expect.
Nothing changes.
This year in New York, Jerusalem and Kabul,
the Innocents are slaughtered
according to Herod's schedule.
His rage, unchecked, still does its work.
Yet this year things could be different.
September 11th
adds urgency to the birth,
making this the time of choosing.
The choice is ours to miss the point
or see Mary and her child
in every mother and her baby,
and adore, absorbing
the rage and terror
and with a loving heart
rebuild the world,
making peace our gift.
May Christmas come.
Carol Goffe
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