BC:AD

This was the moment when Before
Turned into After, and the future's
Uninvented timekeepers presented arms.
 
This was the moment when nothing
Happened. Only dull peace
Sprawled boringly over the earth.
 
This was the moment when even energetic Romans
Could find nothing better to do
Than counting heads in remote provinces.
 
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect.
Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.


U.A.Fanthorpe

God beyond all names

Just back from a marvellous Advent Triduum at the Kairos Center in South London, so many thanks to Sisters Agnes, Breda and Rose and their wonderful team.  Posting this because it is always played at Mass on the last day and can always reduce me to tears.  Sung by the marvellous Bernadette Farrell.