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***This was originally posted on December 25, 2017
It came upon a Solstice morn,
that glorious song of old
with angels bending near the earth,
to touch their harps of gold.
“Peace on the earth.
good will to all,”
from heaven’s all glorious realm.
The world in silent stillness waits,
to hear the angels sing.
Continue reading “Legacy of Carol P. Christ: “It Came Upon a Solstice Morn””
It came upon a Solstice morn,
that glorious song of old,
with angels bending near the earth,
to touch their harps of gold.
“Peace on the earth.
good will to all,”
from heaven’s all glorious realm.
The world in silent stillness waits,
to hear the angels sing.
I wake in the dark of Solstice morn.
Mountains shrouded in clouds,
cold wind blowing,
light dawns.
My mother heard
the angels sing,
on Solstice eve,
calling me to life,
her Christmas Carol.
Blessed Mother Always With Us.
Longing for my beloved,
on Solstice morn,
I heard Sappho sing:
Thank you, my dear
You came and you did
well to come: I needed
you. You have made
love blaze up in
my breast–bless you!
Bless you as often
as the hours have
been endless to me
when you were gone.
Cold tiles,
bare feet,
coffee brewing,
elderly dog stirring,
I open the garden door.
And there it is.
Solstice miracle.
Three purple irises.
blooming in the cold.
Life triumphing over death,
every time.
New words to the traditional carol “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” by Carol P. Christ.
Sappho translated by Mary Barnard.
Thanks to Miriam Robbins Dexter for the digging iris bulbs from her garden for me to plant in mine.
My mother promised my father to name me Susan or Peter but when she heard carolers in the hospital, she changed her mind.
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Carol’s new book written with Judith Plaskow, is Goddess and God in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology.
FAR Press recently released A Serpentine Path: Mysteries of the Goddess.
Join Carol on the life-transforming and mind-blowing Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete. It could change your life! Spring tour filled, sign up now for Fall 2018.
Carol’s photo by Michael Honegger
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