The Risk of Birth
words by Madeleine L’Engle
music by Sean Ivory
The Risk of Birth
Christmas, 1973
This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out & the sun burns late.
That was no time for a child to be born, In a land in the crushing grip of Rome; Honor & truth were trampled to scorn— Yet here did the Savior make His home.
When is the time for love to be born? The inn is full on the planet earth, And by a comet the sky is torn Yet Love still takes the risk of birth.
Verbum caro factum est The word was made flesh et habitat in nobis and dwelt among us
plenum grate et veritatis full of grace and truth.
Madeleine L’Engle
Cover art: Scène du Massacre des Innocents by Léon Cogniet
Madeleine L'Engle
The Risk of Birth, Christmas, 1973
The Risk of Birth
Sean Ivory
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