4th Sunday of Advent

The Visit Before Christmas Lk. 1:39-45

‘Twas the Visit Before Christmas,

When all through the house

not a cross word was spoken,

by husband or spouse. 

For after the Angel’s greeting

Mary desired a meeting;

Rather than tweeting;

Beaming with joy her cousin to see. 

So She who was graced;

ran with haste;

for there was no time to waste. 

Her cousin to embrace.

She travelled without stressing 

to receive a blessing;

From Elizabeth confessing;

The Mother of the Lord to be.

For within her womb 

was the baby boy,

Leaping and dancing,

all for joy. 

Among all women 

Mary was blessed;

For soon the Son of God,

would be nursing at her breast. 

Into the world,

He would be born and bloom;

Only to be rejected 

and laid in a tomb. 

But this was a time of rejoicing;

With Angels soon to be voicing;

For by Faith she conceived;

She who Believed;

All the angel promised 

would be achieved. 

So Christmas is a time 

not to be stressing,

But to give a blessing. 

To shepherds and kings.

For a woman meek and mild,

Is now with child. 

Giving birth to a boy,

It is time to sing for joy!