Contemplation Gives Birth to Charity

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Contemplation gives birth

To charity

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So let us contemplate

This holy mystery

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Of a babe

In a manger

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Not just

For the predictable human feelings

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Of warmth

And protectiveness

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But also

For the world vision

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Of the man

He will become

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In divine

Compassionate humanity.

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‘Nativity’, Van Dyck

• Art
• Incarnation II (2018)