This evening reflection on the Nativity of our Lord and Savior leads me to a friend’s Christmas card of this year which bears the poem of Oratorian Father and author Wilfrid Faber. Indeed, Father Faber is a terrific and powerful poet who exercised his ministerial priesthood with warmth and insight. Join me in celebrating he birth of Our Savior, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear little one! how sweet thou art, Thine eyes how bright they shine, So bright they almost seem to speak When Mary\u2019s look meets Thine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n How faint and feeble is Thy cry, Like plaint of harmless dove, When Thou dost murmur in Thy sleep Of sorrow and of love!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When Mary bids Thee sleep thou sleep\u2019st Thou wakest when she calls; Simplest of babes! with what a grace Thou dost Thy Mother\u2019s will! Thine infant fashions will betray The Godhead\u2019s hidden skill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When Joseph takes thee in his arms, And smooths thy little cheek, Thou lookest up into his face Yes! Thou art what Thou seems\u2019t to be, A thing of smiles and tears; Yes! dearest Babe! those tiny hands That play with Mary\u2019s hair, The weight of all the mighty world This very moment bear.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Art Thou, weak Babe, my very God? O, I must love thee then, \u2013 Father Wilfrid Faber, Cong. Orat. (1814\u20131863)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This evening reflection on the Nativity of our Lord and Savior leads me to a friend’s Christmas card of this year which bears the poem of Oratorian Father and author Wilfrid Faber. Indeed, Father Faber is a terrific and powerful poet who exercised his ministerial priesthood with warmth and insight. Join me in celebrating he … Continue reading Dear little one! how sweet thou art<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,26,32366],"tags":[32367],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36467,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36465\/revisions\/36467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Thou art content upon her lap,
Or in the rugged stalls.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So helpless and so meek.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet Thou art God, and heaven and earth Adore Thee with their fears.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love Thee, and yearn to spread Thy love Among forgetful men.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n