Advent Cradle Psalms

A Litany in Three Voices How can this be? the question is asked.Dear Little Babe, bidden into life, what is the pathway?Whose permission do you ask to be born?To whom do you sing? Mama, may I come alive in you?Mama, will you carry me?Mama, will you see me through everything that comes to me, a babe coming into the world? No ultra-sound to show you,no Red Cross class to teach you how to dothe deepest part of caring for the babeyou are asked to carry just beneath your heart. Mama, will you carry me?Mama, will you cherish me?Mama, will you birth me in gladness to the world? Why am I, so lowly, favored for this beautyand this lightness that is lovely, yet so heavyin its meaning?  Pray tell me why I am chosenand make clear the way of waiting and trust. Mama, will you favor me?Mama, will you promise you will sing to meand rock me in your arms in the beauty of the world? Listen Maiden Everywomanto the angel that is within you; listen while you waitin the way of faithful patience for the promise’s fulfillmentof the one in human likeness to descend to the lowly –to be lifted to above. Mama, will you carry me?Mama, will you love me?Mama, will you birth me for the beauty of the world? Yes, I will carry you.Yes, I will bear you. Yes, I will receive you.Yes, I will birth you in wonder as the mystery unfoldsin incarnation’s cradle, and for the sake of beautyas I hold you in my heart I will send you forth as holyin the way of birthing’s promise for the life of the world. Shared by Margaret Dimoplon