The Stable

Selected by Dan Clendenin

Sr. M. Chrysostom

THE STABLE

The winds were scornful,
Passing by;
And gathering Angels
Wondered why

A burdened Mother
Did not mind
That only animals
Were kind.

For who in all the world
Could guess
That God would search out
Loneliness.

Sr. M. Chrysostom, O.S.B.
Robert, Cyril. Mary Immaculate: God’s Mother and Mine. New York: Marist Press, 1946.

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