Christmas Communion (Poem)
Fr. Clifford J. Laube, SMM
CHRISTMAS COMMUNION
The heavens breathed with song that night.
A star spread mystery.
(The chapeled glow of altar-light
Is all that beckons me.)
A lamb or two the shepherds gave.
The Wise Man shared his myrrh.
(But I, a chain less Mary-slave,
Give everything to her.)
Both sage and shepherd only dared
To kneel where Jesus lay.
(But I, by Mary’s love prepared,
Can carry Him away!)
Adoration of The Magi: 1624: Peter Paul Reubens
This painting hangs in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium.
This picture graced the November – December 2000 cover of the Queen of All Hearts Magazine (the magazine that is the inspiration for The Queen).
The poem originally graced the Queen of All Hearts Magazine in November – December 1952, written by Montfort Father Clifford Laube, SMM.
In preparation for Advent and Christmas Seasons, we present this poem: The Association of Mary, Queen of All Hearts wishes all its members a Blessed and Merry Christmas.
