Happy Christmas

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1. Christmas Eve

   I stood before plastic faces painted cream

   With a touch of red and each head bowed to a dry straw floor

   And each face frozen in time. I see wise kings,

   Benevolent to children , safe men in bright plastic

   Positioned before a child wrapped in straw ,

   Tiny arms forever reaching out to whoever calls.

   There is a Shepard standing with sheep frozen in time.

   They followed from the hills safe in his care

   And know nothing of the unfolding story.

   It is winter aroud the wooden stable

   And silent as the empty cardboard box

   Which held the crib, cold as the attic from which it came ;

   The dry straw , still yellow in old age is strewn

   On the stable floor with stray strands sticking to a tufted carpet.

   There is a cow and a donkey whose body heat

   And warm breath are reported to bring comfort to the newborn child.

   I see now those sleeping in city doorways :

   lonely doorways where kings never tread,

   where few touch their outstretched hands

   and bitter winds wrap broken bodies.

   I look again at a plastic child with arms outstretched.

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2. Mary Christmas to all !

   Greetings and Blessings from Bavaria, south Germany.

   Fr. M. S.

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3. Have a Christ-Filled Christmas and a Grace-Filled New Year

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4. Pray for us – we are now public in support of the global lawsuit ‘youth v. gov’ in a region heavily reliant on the fossil fuel industry so this is heavily political subject matter.

   Merry Christmas! In 2019, let’s rise to new levels in this elaborate dream.

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