Lawrence
Hall
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But the Animals
were First
“We read in
Isaiah: ‘The ox knows its owner,
and the ass
the master’s crib….’”
-Papa
Benedict, The Blessings of Christmas
The
ox and ass are in the Stable set
In
service divine, as good Isaiah writes
A
congregation of God’s creatures met
In
honor of their King this Night of nights
And
there they wait for us, for we are late
Breathless
in the narthex of eternity
A
star, a road, a town, an inn, a gate
Have
led us to this holy liturgy:
Long
centuries and seasons pass, and yet
The
ox and ass are in the Stable set.
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