Advent poetry 2013
Alternate Labels
Web Links
Key Passages
Reading List
Poems follow the devotional of Saint Bridget Church through December 21. The majority of the poems are under copyright; hence, a reading list of links rather than a calendar devotional.
1 December 2013
In Mary-Darkness | Jessica Powers
2 December 2013
The Annunciation | Denise Levertov
3 December 2013
The Angel and the Girl Are Met | Edwin Muir
4 December 2013
Advent | Stephen Leake
5 December 2013
The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe | Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
6 December 2013
Expectans Expectavi | Anne Ridler
7 December 2013
The Minor Prophets | Michael Lind
8 December 2013
Advent 1955 | John Betjeman
9 December 2013
Advent Calendar | Rowan Williams
10 December 2013
Advent | Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ
11 December 2013
Making the House Ready for the Lord | Mary Oliver
12 December 2013
Prayer: A Progression | Jessica Powers
13 December 2013
Advent Credo | Daniel Berrigan
14 December 2013
The Slip | Wendell Berry
15 December 2013
The Christmas Tapestry | Michael Hare Duke
16 December 2013
The Second Coming | William Butler Yeats
17 December 2013
May Christmas Come (Christmas 2001) | Alan Jones
18 December 2013
Presence | Stephen Leake
19 December 2013
The Ledge of Light | Jessica Powers
20 December 2013
Birthing | Mark Unbehagen
20 December 2013
A Story of Some Truly Wise Men | Christine Rodgers (formatting poor)
21 December 2013
The Journey of the Magi | T. S. Eliot
22 December 2013
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem | Maya Angelou
23 December 2013
The House of Christmas | G. K. Chesterton
24 December 2013
Gaudete | Brad Reynolds, S.J.
Welcome, Guest! (sign in)