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This is Christ Crucified

by Jessica on April 2, 2010

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Originally published April 6, 2009
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that through He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Cor. 8:9). What is Christ’s poverty, but an exclamation of His love? And, oh how we refuse it so…denying the [...]

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Journey of the Magi

by Jessica on December 12, 2009

I first discovered this poem by T.S. Eliot in my British Lit class in college. It’s another Christmas poem that’s stayed with me. The final stanza, I think, is the best.

A cold coming we had of it,
Just the worst time of the year
For a journey, and such a long journey:
The ways deep and the weather [...]

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Love Came Down at Christmas

by Jessica on December 9, 2009

This is one of my favorite Christmas poems by Christina Rossetti. I hope you enjoy it too!
Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Star and angels gave the sign.
Worship we the Godhead,
Love incarnate, love divine;
Worship we our Jesus:
But wherewith for sacred sign?
Love shall be our token,
Love shall be yours and [...]

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