Breath of Heaven,
carry us on the impulse
of Christ's love,
as easily as thistledown
is carried on the wind;
that in the Advent season of our souls,
while He is formed in us,
in secret and in silence-
the Creator
in the hands of His creatures,
as the Host
in the hands of the priest-we may carry Him forth
to wherever He wishes to be,
as Mary carried Him over the hills
on an errand of love,
to the house of Elizabeth.
carry us on the impulse
of Christ's love,
as easily as thistledown
is carried on the wind;
that in the Advent season of our souls,
while He is formed in us,
in secret and in silence-
the Creator
in the hands of His creatures,
as the Host
in the hands of the priest-we may carry Him forth
to wherever He wishes to be,
as Mary carried Him over the hills
on an errand of love,
to the house of Elizabeth.
Caryll Houselander
From the Splendor of the Rosary by Maisie Ward
with prayers by Caryll Houselander
An MC Sister supports a patient at a hospice for AIDS patients and other seriously ill people run by the Missionaries of Charity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ~ Photo credit: CNS photo / Paul Jeffrey (2009).
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