---------------------------------------------------------------- Prayer for the terrorists http://jesusyouth.org/joynet/dec20.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nativity Poem -------------
Imagine striking a match that night in the cave; Imagine crockery, try to make use of its glaze To feel cold cracks in the floor, the blankness of hunger. Imagine the desert – but the desert is everywhere. Imagine striking a match in that midnight cave, The fire, the farm beasts in outline, the farm tools and stuff; And imagine as you towel your face in enveloping folds, Mary, Joseph, and the Infant in swaddling clothes. Imagine the kings, the caravans’ stilted procession As they make for the cave, or, rather, the beams closing in And in on the star; the creaking of loads, the clink of a cowbell; (No thronging of Heaven as yet, no peal of the bell That will ring in the end for the infant once he has earned it.) Imagine the Lord, for the first time, from darkness, and stranded Immensely in distance, recognizing himself in the Son Of man; His homelessness plain to him now in a Homeless one. Joseph Brodsky (Translated from Russian, by Seamus Heaney) Since I expect to be quite busy over the next couple of days, I thought I will write and wish you all a wonderful and joyous Christmas; while you are at it, have a happy new year too. Take Care, Alex Edezhath Seattle/USA =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
