Advent Vigil
We wait, wide-eyed not in wonder
But shock, cold
The world spins, stricken for so many reasons
Darkness expanding, truthfulness receding
We wait, wide-eyed, sleepless
Resisting the inevitable
Wondering if something else could happen to break the night
Seeking warmth, seeing home, listening for a whisper to herald the light
We wait
Can we hold attention?
To be patient, someone said, is to be brave
The world’s Saviour was born blinking into evil’s glare
An eternal mystery wrapped in time and space
Truth come close
To hold the shattered earth
The shards of existence pierced hallowed hands and feet
Before the descent into deep darkness
And then the rising
But not now
Now is the wait, the waiting
For the birth
It’s so cold and so very dark
Don’t fret
Just stay awake for the miracle
Poem: © Sarah Larkin
May you know the light of Christ
this Advent and Christmas season.
From the Integral Secretariat:
Fiona, Jan, Sarah, Cressida, Monika and Amy.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
In Him was life, and life was the Light of mankind. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.
John 1:1-5