Capturing a Moment

Benedicamus Domino!

William Wordsworth once famously wrote that poetry is "a spontaneous overflow of emotion recalled in a time of tranquility." I've often scoffed at this definition, but I am now forced to conclude that he may very possibly be correct. The following piece is not a poem as far as I tend to define the term, but it is, I think, my best attempt at capturing the moment at which I realized that Christ really was the fulfilment of all things for me. It's a meditation I wrote as a result of this Hildegard of Bingen course-thing I'm taking. Here it is!

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inana! Ye mothers of the moon! Ye virgins of the fields! Ye crones of the eastern deserts! Exult now and be glad! Danae, Lito and Psyche, dance with unending joy, for your stories have come to fulfilment! Your tales told round fires and in temples have pointed the way to the truest twining of the green of Eros and the gold of Agape, for it was Mary who was showered in the true gold, Mary who bathed in the green of the Spirit as the Word took root in her mortal womb! Here at last was the reason for the telling of your tales, ye goddesses of field and forest, for as in you was conceived and born the quickening life of the sun and the famous warrior who protected his people, so was conceived and born in her the Christ, the conqueror of death and the victor over hell, the renewer of the world, the springtime in our wintry wanderings! See how Mary is lifted high above you all! See how she is both maiden and mother, but in her, no crone exists. No descent to the underworld must she make, for death cannot hold her whom Christ hath quickened with his very self! See the miracle and rejoice with me, for now we know what was hidden in the poetry and passion, in the rituals and the rhymes of the old ways. Christ is among us and the ladder by which He descended was none other than Mary herself, a mortal woman made immortal and wise by the greening power of God! Amen!

So, there we have it. I'm glad I was finally able to do this! I think it will open up a lot of interesting creative avenues for me!

Deo Gratias!