A Poem to Sit With
First Sunday of Advent A
November 27, 2022
J. Janda
Brothers and sisters: You know the time;
it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep.
(First Reading)
Jesus Speaks
She had heard
a
voice of fire
and listened
cry
Abba, Father
it said and
“comfort
my people
comfort them”
And so she
lived
until the
forge could
no
longer hold
the fire—
that
fire—no
cosmos could
contain
only trace
or mirror
J. Janda
J. Janda’s poems have appeared in newspapers,
magazines, anthologies, and literary publications, as well as in
books of his own poetry.
Copyright © 2000, J. Janda
The present poem
comes from the Janda's book, In Embrace.
Art by Martin Erspamer, OSB
from
Religious Clip Art for the Liturgical Year (A, B, and
C). This art may be reproduced only by parishes who purchase the
collection in book or CD-ROM form. For more information go
http://www.ltp.org