Advent Hope 

Hope seeks change 

Pregnant with possibility,

Begs for peace to end hostility.

Hope builds a home in our past;

Anchors memories of life,

We wish would last.

Hope endures danger

When chaos threatens,

Sustains recovery 

When disasters strike. 

Hope seeks an Inn strangers can 

Stay in. Dreams favorable futures,

Like the one Mary prayed hard

For her son to dwell in.

Hope stakes claim to our horizon 

As the future births meaning,

Suffers long dark nights to bring 

Truth to light. 

When born in Bethlehem one cold morn,

Love wore winter gloves in perfect form

To keep hope safe and warm.

Infinite hope will bear good fruit in spring 

And the truth will be known to humanity.

As eternal love incarnates life,

The divine welcomes humans as kin.

THH

12/20/24