January 23, 2026

My Journey to God

Post Christmas

I took a walk on Christmas Day
And let my spirit lead the way
The streets were still, as if aware
Of secrets that they could not share

The air, unseasonably, was warm
And misty rain blurred shape and form
The gravid silence seemed to say
Take note, this is no ordinary day

No ordinary day
No ordinary birth
No ordinary Child
Now born to Earth

Whose birth two thousand years ago
We honor still, with heart and soul
And celebrate with much ado
The promise of all things made new

This neighborhood is very old
With stories known, and those untold
With houses built a century past
And gates and gardens made to last

I mused along the cobbled streets
And wondered at how life repeats
Of joy and sorrow; tragedy
And never-answered mystery
Yet from Infinity’s “I am”
From every mote, to every man,
Through all the throes of history
The Alpha and Omega, He

I took a walk on Christmas Day
And as I went my wandering way
I felt o’er all, and every place
The timelessness of Christmas grace

By Linda Abner
 

(Linda Abner is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Indianapolis.) †

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