Into the Darkest Hour

It was a time like this,War & tumult of war,a horror in the air.Hungry yawned the abyss-and yet there came the starand the child most wonderfully there.It was time like thisof fear & lust for power,license & greed and blight-and yet the Prince of blisscame into the darkest hourin quiet & silent light.And in a time like thishow celebrate his birthwhen all things fall apart?Ah! Wonderful it iswith no room on the earththe stable is our heart.By Madeleine L'Engle