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.
In Mary-Darkness | Jessica Powers
The Annunciation | Denise Levertov
The Angel and the Girl Are Met | Edwin Muir
Advent | Stephen Leake
The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe | Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
Expectans Expectavi | Anne Ridler
The Minor Prophets | Michael Lind
Advent 1955 | John Betjeman
Advent Calendar | Rowan Williams
Advent | Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ
Making the House Ready for the Lord | Mary Oliver
Prayer: A Progression | Jessica Powers
Advent Credo | Daniel Berrigan
The Slip | Wendell Berry
The Christmas Tapestry | Michael Hare Duke
The Second Coming | William Butler Yeats
May Christmas Come (Christmas 2001) | Alan Jones
Presence | Stephen Leake
The Ledge of Light | Jessica Powers
Birthing | Mark Unbehagen
A Story of Some Truly Wise Men | Christine Rodgers (formatting poor)
The Journey of the Magi | T. S. Eliot
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem | Maya Angelou
The House of Christmas | G. K. Chesterton
Gaudete | Brad Reynolds, S.J.
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