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Bon Secours Virginia wishes all our employees and their families a blessed holiday season. We asked two of our ministry leaders to share their favorite Christmas poems:
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"This poem by Ann Weems expresses my wish for each of you during this sacred season."
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What I'd really like to give you for Christmas
is a star ...
Brilliance in a package,
something you could keep in the pocket of your jeans
or in the pocket of your being.
Something to take out in times of darkness,
something that would never snuff out or tarnish,
something you could hold in your hand,
something for wonderment,
something for pondering,
something that would remind you of
what Christmas has always meant:
God's Advent Light into the darkness of this world.
But stars are only God's for giving,
and I must be content to give you words and wishes and packages without stars.
But I can wish you life
as radiant as the star
that announced the Christ Child's coming,
and as filled with awe as the shepherds who stood
beneath its light.
And I can pass on to you the love
that has been given to me,
ignited countless times by others
who have knelt in Bethlehem's light.
Perhaps, if you ask, God will give you a star.
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"One of my favorite seasonal pieces is the following 'Christmas Prayer' by John Hammond, OSB, a monk at Weston Priory in Vermont."
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Child of Bethlehem ---
house of Bread;
Man of Jerusalem ---
city of peace;
you have loved us
without limit or condition;
in our greatness and in our misery,
in our folly and in our virtue;
may your hand be always upon us
so that we too
may become bread and peace
for one another.
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