What have messiahs to do
with families?
If ours is to teach
or lead us into battle,
he lies helpless in his crib,
though when presented to God
at eight days old,
he possessed Jerusalem,
for the prophetess Anna declared,
he conquered the city,
with nothing but pigeon power.
The infant in Simeon’s arms,
Anointed of the Lord and Messiah,
dispatches emissaries
to all the nations,
from the Lord of lights
to all the world,
as the glory of Israel.
This infant resides in light,
in the mercy of God,
first arrived as an infant,
into a family’s loving care,
and God revealed his tender mercy.
December 27, 2015
Bonaventure Stefun, OFM Cap.
See more reflections here.
See also Fr. B's reflections from the Lent-Easter series here.