A poem for the Feast of the Assumption on the Dormition of Our Lady by Fr Mark Skelton.
A room in shadow, sadness grows
and breathing shallows, fades to quiet.
And borrowed son, lays down his head
on she who, graced by Love, was his.
From hill of hate he took her hand,
fulfilled the call that had been said.
He gave her strength to be the one
who mothered him across the years.
Now she lays down this earthly role,
and falls asleep, but not to dream.
Instead, she wakens, blazed in light,
her eyes, which gazed on infant’s smile
now see his damaged hands reach out
and make her mother of us all.
By Fr Mark Skelton.
A priest of the Plymouth Diocese and a poet who has always had a keen interest in the interface between Literature and Theology.
Fr Michael Hall considers why the vision of the Woman in Revelation is believed by Catholics to be a reference to Our Lady, Queen of Heaven.
