{"id":44191,"date":"2014-03-25T08:20:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T13:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=44191"},"modified":"2014-03-25T08:21:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T13:21:44","slug":"annunciation-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/annunciation-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poem for the Annunciation"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you think Mary felt
\nWhen I infused her body and soul
\nWith Myself
\nAnd she became the Spirit’s Bride?<\/p>\n

She had always lived innocently
\nIn My presence
\nBut I had never touched her soul<\/p>\n

Until I sent an Angel into the arc of her beauty
\nto inquire of her gentleness<\/p>\n

If she would be my everything
\nFor the sake of the world<\/p>\n

And she opened to Me
\nAs soon as she knew-
\nThough she did not know what I would do.<\/p>\n

How beautifully she consented
\nAnd gave Me everything.
\nFrom then on I looked out on the world<\/p>\n

From her eyes.<\/p>\n

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photo by Shawn Chapman<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do you think Mary felt When I infused her body and soul With Myself And she became the Spirit’s Bride? 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