Advent poetry 2013
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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 Sunday 1st Week of Advent
In Mary-Darkness | Jessica Powers
2 December 2013 Monday 1st Week of Advent
The Annunciation | Denise Levertov
3 December 2013 Tuesday 1st Week of Advent
The Angel and the Girl Are Met | Edwin Muir
4 December 2013 Wednesday 1st Week of Advent
Advent | Stephen Leake
5 December 2013 Thursday 1st Week of Advent
The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe | Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
6 December 2013 Friday 1st Week of Advent
Expectans Expectavi | Anne Ridler
7 December 2013 Saturday 1st Week of Advent
The Minor Prophets | Michael Lind
8 December 2013 Sunday 2nd Week of Advent
Advent 1955 | John Betjeman
9 December 2013 Monday 2nd Week of Advent
Advent Calendar | Rowan Williams
10 December 2013 Tuesday 2nd Week of Advent
Advent | Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ
11 December 2013 Wednesday 2nd Week of Advent
Making the House Ready for the Lord | Mary Oliver
12 December 2013 Thursday 2nd Week of Advent
Prayer: A Progression | Jessica Powers
13 December 2013 Friday 2nd Week of Advent
Advent Credo | Daniel Berrigan
14 December 2013 Saturday 2nd Week of Advent
The Slip | Wendell Berry
15 December 2013 Sunday 3rd Week of Advent
The Christmas Tapestry | Michael Hare Duke
16 December 2013 Monday 3rd Week of Advent
The Second Coming | William Butler Yeats
17 December 2013 Tuesday 3rd Week of Advent
May Christmas Come (Christmas 2001) | Alan Jones
18 December 2013 Wednesday 3rd Week of Advent
Presence | Stephen Leake
19 December 2013 Thursday 3rd Week of Advent
The Ledge of Light | Jessica Powers
20 December 2013 Friday 3rd Week of Advent
Birthing | Mark Unbehagen
21 December 2013 Saturday 3rd Week of Advent
A Story of Some Truly Wise Men | Christine Rodgers (formatting poor)
22 December 2013 Sunday 4th Week of Advent
The Journey of the Magi | T. S. Eliot
23 December 2013 Monday 4th Week of Advent
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem | Maya Angelou
24 December 2013 Tuesday 4th Week of Advent
The House of Christmas | G. K. Chesterton
25 December 2013 Wednesday Christmas
Gaudete | Brad Reynolds, S.J.
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