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Today in Bread and Wine…

December 20, 2017Christmas, church, poetryEucharist, John Betjeman, Nativity, The IncarnationGretchenJoanna

No love that in a family dwells,
No carolling in frosty air,
Nor all the steeple-shaking bells
Can with this single Truth compare –
That God was man in Palestine
And lives today in Bread and Wine.

From “Christmas” by John Betjeman

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6 thoughts on “Today in Bread and Wine…”

1lunalashbrook says:

December 20, 2017 at 4:48 pm

Beautiful!

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Lisa G. says:

December 20, 2017 at 5:43 pm

That’s right.

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Granny Marigold says:

December 21, 2017 at 4:02 pm

I went to search for this poem and listened as the author read it in its entirety. Thank you.

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Lisa Foreman Richards says:

December 21, 2017 at 7:16 pm

An amazing thought! 🙂

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elizabethroosje says:

December 21, 2017 at 7:40 pm

❤

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Mary Kathryn says:

December 23, 2017 at 2:37 pm

I love that simple poem!

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