Christmas

Cornerstone: A Poetic Rendition of The Massacre of the Holy Innocents

| Rose of Sharon | Christmas, Poetry

 

TERROR!! TERROR!!
On every side!
Lunging blockade
Cavernous hide

Shrieking, clanking
Ricochets space
Chiseled evil
Horrified face

Arms of armor
Motherly clutch
Smothers wailing
with pressing touch

“Eloi! Eloi!
Forsake us not!
My God! My God!
Is this our lot?”

Eden trembles
Tyranny thrusts
Spotless slaughtered
Returns to dust

Bloodstained tunic
Swaddling shroud
Sorrow piercing
Behold your child—

In dry bedrock, up wells life breath . . .
Christ-Cornerstone vanquishes death!

Guiltless victims, pure innocence
Your sweet souls now taste blissfulness.

The Massacre of the Innocents by Leon Cogniet PUBLIC DOMAIN

 

 

 

My Parents’ Very Unusual Christmas Gift

| Rose of Sharon | Christmas, Marriage and Family Life, Personal Reflections

MY PARENTS' Very Unususal Christmas Gift

A humongous box of firecrackers? A kitten in a basket? Those gifts may be unusual, but they are nothing like the very unusual Christmas gift I received from my parents. My parents’ very unusual Christmas gift was something that can’t be packaged and tied up with a string. They gave it not only to me but to my siblings as well. It was not something that we touched, but something we experienced. The very unusual gift that my parents gave was Continue reading →

Make a New Year’s Resolution with the Holy Family

| Rose of Sharon | Christmas, Liturgical Seasons, Marriage and Family Life

Holy Family into Egypt

If you haven’t made a New Year’s resolution yet, or even if you have, the Holy Family has something to offer you. This year, New Year’s Eve happened to fall on the Feast of the Holy Family, which provided an excellent opportunity for me to reflect on this humble family, and to consider what they can teach us regarding the resolutions we usually make.

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