[Magdalen] A Christmas Poem

[Marion Thompson]

Thank you, Lynn.  Pastor Steve does it again.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 12/24/2015 2:43 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> Dearly Beloved,
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> Grace and Peace to you.
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> O come thou Mystery,
> unseen, unbidden, unfelt,
> but so madly needed here.
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> Come to us
> who push you away with our despair,
> snare us with wonder.
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> Come to us, the lonely and broken,
> O Small One,
> not to solve but to be with.
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> Come to us who grieve
> place or worth or hope,
> and find it with us.
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> Come to us in our smugness
> and lay yourself down in the manger
> of our secret wounds.
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> Come to us in our privilege
> and let us hang our lives
> on a poor little peasant child.
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> Come to us in our violent fear
> and calm us with your tiny voice.
> Ask us to love you.
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> For us who find it hard to love each other,
> come and gather us in a circle,
> have us care, have us sing.
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> Come to us, too afraid to need,
> be fragile among us,
> and let us fall in love.
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> Neglect our neglect, Emmanuel,
> come and be a tiny flame of love among us,
> and light our own.
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> Deep Blessings,
> Pastor Steve
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> __________________
> Steve Garnaas-Holmes
> Unfolding Light
> www.unfoldinglight.net
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> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a 
> talk by Richard Rohr
>