The beautiful lines below by Denise Levertov go to the heart of the mystery we celebrate in this season.
Love - both divine and human - interact, open to one another.
Love - free, full and fruitful!
May Mary lead us so our consent, our yes, comes from an ever-deeper level.
Then the 'enfleshing' of the Lord can continue even in our humanity.
Consent
This was the minute no one speaks of,
when she could still refuse.
A breath unbreathed,
Spirit,
suspended,
waiting.
when she could still refuse.
A breath unbreathed,
Spirit,
suspended,
waiting.
She did not cry, "I cannot, I am not worthy,"
nor, "I have not the strength."
She did not submit with gritted teeth,
raging, coerced.
Bravest of all humans,
consent illumined her.
The room filled with its light,
the lily glowed in it,
and the iridescent wings.
nor, "I have not the strength."
She did not submit with gritted teeth,
raging, coerced.
Bravest of all humans,
consent illumined her.
The room filled with its light,
the lily glowed in it,
and the iridescent wings.
Consent,
courage unparalleled,
opened her utterly.
courage unparalleled,
opened her utterly.
Denise Levertov
