CHRISTMAS JOURNEY…DAY 8

In the bleak midwinter

Frosty wind made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron,

Water like a stone…

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

CHRISTMAS JOURNEY…DAY 7

The Shepherds sang; and shall I silent be?

My God, no hymn for thee?

The Pasture is thy word; the streams, thy grace

Enriching all the place.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

CHRISTMAS JOURNEY…DAY 6

But peaceful was the night

Wherein the Prince of light

His reign of peace upon the earth began.

John Milton (1606-1674)

from "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity"

CHRISTMAS JOURNEY…DAY 5

He brought light out of darkness,

not out of a lesser light;

He can bring thy summer out of winter,

though thou have no spring.

John Donne (1572-1631)

"Sermon for Christmas Day, 1624"

CHRISTMAS JOURNEY…DAY 4

Wise men all ways of knowledge past,

To the shepherds' wonder come at last:

To know can only wonder breed,

And not to know is wonder's seed.

Sidney Godolphin (1610-1643)
"Lord when the Wise Men Came from Far"

CHRISTMAS JOURNEY…DAY3

O, like a tiny cradle,

Could thy heart become,

God would on earth again,

Be born an infant son.

Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)

CHRISTMAS JOURNEY…DAY 2

Welcome, all wonders in one sight!

Eternity shut in a span,

Summer in winter, day in night,

Heaven in Earth, and God in Man…

Richard Crashaw (1612-1649)

from "In the Holy Nativity of Our Lord God"