In the moment of their greeting

affirming the divine
God’s plan unfolding
the presence of the Christ-child
in Mary’s womb
John overjoyed
leaping within her
in the moment of their greeting
God’s promise complete


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November 25, 2012
cover art of the November-December, 2012
Upper Room Devotional
“The Visitation”
Artist: Mai Nhon
(Vietnam, Contemporary)
Interpreter: Mona Bagasao-Cave
http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/nov-dec2012/cover_art
seen late October 2012
&
earlier poem
December 31, 2011
“From Submission to Joy"
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/12/from-submission-to-joy.html
Luke 1:39-45
Luke 1:46-47
Advent book study
“The Journey”
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426714252
By Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://www.abingdonpress.com/adamhamilton/forms/default.aspx?pageid=554&id=106
http://www.facebook.com/#!/RevAdamHamilton
Led by Pastor Ruth Foss
https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss
http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss
http://www.ahandmaidenofthelord.blogspot.com
http://pastorruth.posterous.com/
A Handmaiden of the Lord
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH

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