Never have we needed
to hear it more
as Mary, terrified, must have
received the angel’s tidings.
Or the same words delivered
to others whose faith was slipping
or perhaps had vanished entirely—
how did it sound to them?
In these days of trial and peril
let us embrace the message,
which, when absorbed
with our deepest breaths,
heartens and reassures,
counsels trust, even as we
weather the most frightful
storms, reminds us that we
are the sky through which the clot
of weather-beaten cloud passes,
where the eternal sun shines,
where abiding peace prevails.
Jan Haag
December 2020
Güd wrtr 
Lovely!
Wonderful, Jan!
Lovely!
Amen!
So comforting. Thank you, Jan.
Beautiful, Jan!