Showing posts with label Magnificat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magnificat. Show all posts

Monday, May 04, 2026

hearing #Mary’s #heartbeat – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #mother #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat #theotokos

A reminder in scripture -
Every mother bears an echo of Mary -
eternity in her vessel growing,
part of creation with the Creator...
but, oh, the wonder, the power,
from the moment of conception -
Before He was laid in the manger -
before His sacrifice, love,
the intimacy of incarnation
Christ in that secret place,
Held in Mary’s blessed womb...
 
Mary became God’s servant,
her life, her body, her all,
became a holy vessel, but
far more than her womb,
carrying the seed of Jesus,
her place in this world,
Mother Mary, our matriarch
holding eternity closely
the life growing within her,
Christ, the Messiah, the Son,
The immortal became flesh...
 
The kernel of heaven was within her
growing within her vessel
in secret, in silence, living,
God’s holy seed, the Christ...
The Creator, who set the stars in motion,
folded Himself into the smallest seed of humanity,
choosing fragility, choosing dependence -
Nine months of quiet, of waiting,
a heartbeat beside Mary’s own,
listening to the heartbeat of Mary,
Jesus, our risen Lord and Savior...
 
God entered creation,
inside the bounds of time,
love, living as we do, mortal,
nine months of quiet, of waiting, -
Every child before they are born,
like our risen Lord and Savior -
hearing the heartbeat of our mother,
a divine pulse beating within her flesh.
formed in silence, in secret
conscious of humanity, human,
of the world He had entered,
Broken, in need of restoration...
 
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Edited May 4, 2026
hearing Mary’s heartbeat – v2
Based on John 13
on the servanthood of Jesus
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
Truly, Truly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/truly-truly.html
Based on John 13:1, 16, 20, 21, 38
May 2, 2026
pride before the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/pride-before-fall.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
the shadow of Satan
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-shadow-of-satan.html
Based on John 13:27
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 11, John 12, John 13, John 15, Messiah, faith, believe, calling, purpose, free will, choice, resurrection, cross,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John11 #John12 #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #faith #believe #calling #purpose #freewill #choice #resurrection #cross
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, incarnation, Mary, mother, heartbeat, womb, intimacy, servant, Magnificat, theotokos,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #mother #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat #theotokos

Sunday, May 03, 2026

hearing #Mary’s #heartbeat #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat #theotokos

A reminder in scripture -
Every mother is Mary -
eternity in her vessel growing,
part of creation with the Creator...
but, oh, the wonder, the power,
from the moment of conception -
Before the manger -
before His sacrifice, love,
the intimacy of incarnation
Christ in that secret place,
Held in Mary’s blessed womb...
 
Mary became God’s servant,
her life, her body, her all,
became a holy vessel, but
far more than her womb,
carrying the seed of Jesus,
her place in this world,
Mother Mary, our matriarch
holding eternity closely
the life growing within her,
Christ, the Messiah, the Son,
The immortal became flesh...
 
The kernel of heaven was within her
growing within her vessel
in secret, in silence, living,
God’s holy seed, the Christ...
The Creator, who set the stars in motion,
folded Himself into the smallest seed of humanity,
choosing fragility, choosing dependence -
Nine months of quiet, of waiting,
a heartbeat beside Mary’s own,
listening to the heartbeat of Mary,
Jesus, our risen Lord and Savior...
 
God entered creation,
inside the bounds of time,
love, living as we do, mortal,
nine months of quiet, of waiting, -
Every child before they are born,
like our risen Lord and Savior -
hearing the heartbeat of our mother,
a divine pulse beating within her flesh.
formed in silence, in secret
conscious of humanity, human,
of the world He had entered,
Broken, in need of redemption...
 
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Edited May 3, 2026
hearing Mary’s heartbeat
 
Based on John 13
on the servanthood of Jesus
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
Truly, Truly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/truly-truly.html
Based on John 13:1, 16, 20, 21, 38
May 2, 2026
pride before the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/pride-before-fall.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
the shadow of Satan
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-shadow-of-satan.html
Based on John 13:27
May 2, 2026
serving Judas
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/serving-judas.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 11, John 12, John 13, John 15, Messiah, faith, believe, calling, purpose, free will, choice, resurrection, cross,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John11 #John12 #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #faith #believe #calling #purpose #freewill #choice #resurrection #cross
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, incarnation, Mary, heartbeat, womb, intimacy, servant, Magnificat,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat

Saturday, May 02, 2026

#hearing her #heartbeat #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat

every mother is Mary
eternity in her vessel growing,
part of creation with the Creator...
but, oh, the wonder,
from the moment of conception,
before the manger,
before His sacrifice, love,
the intimacy of incarnation
Christ in that secret place,
held in his mother’s womb...
 
become God’s servant,
her life, her body, her all,
become a holy vessel, but
far more than her womb,
carrying the seed of Jesus,
her place in this world,
Mother Mary, our matriarch
holding eternity closely
the life growing within her
the immortal had become flesh...
 
the kernel of heaven within her
growing within her vessel
God’s holy seed, the Christ...
The Creator, who set the stars in motion,
folded Himself into the smallest seed of humanity,
choosing fragility, choosing dependence -
Nine months of quiet, of waiting,
a heartbeat beside Mary’s own,
listening to the heartbeat of Mary,
Jesus, our Lord and Savior...
 
inside the bounds of time,
love, living as we do, mortal,
nine months of quiet, of waiting,
every child before they are born,
like our risen Lord and Savior
hearing the heartbeat of our mother,
a divine pulse beating within her flesh.
formed in silence, in secret
conscious of humanity, human,
of the world He had entered,
broken, in need of redemption...
 
-------------
May 2, 2026
hearing her heartbeat
Based on John 13
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, incarnation, Mary, heartbeat, womb, intimacy, servant, Magnificat,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat

Sunday, January 05, 2025

was it the light John spoke of

was it the light John spoke of
in his holy scripture,
that was seen by the baptizer,
while he was in the womb,
the light in Mary’s vessel,
the light that entered the world,
the light that was growing
in her sacred womb…
 
was it Christ’s light, consciousness,
John saw, that made him leap,
at the sound of Mary’s voice,
our Savior beside him, growing,
waiting within her vessel,
growing in secret, in silence,
His clay being molded
In her sacred womb…
 
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January 5, 2025
was it the light John spoke of
 
Edited January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation-v2.html
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation.html
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Jesus, Mary, incarnation, Magnificat,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Advent #Christmas #sacrifice #Savior #GoodFriday #Easter #ascension #SecondComing #Lent #Jesus #Mary #incarnation #Magnificat


in the kernel of creation – v2

in the kernel of creation
of Mary and the Spirit,
Eternity made mortal,
Christ entered time…
 
Christ entered creation,
His cells growing, multiplied,
God immortal became human,
in a twinkling of an eye…
 
growing within her clay, her body,
sacred vessel of her womb,
His mother and His disciple,
light to change the world…
 
=====================
Edited January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation – v2
 
January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation.html
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Jesus, Mary, incarnation, Magnificat,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Advent #Christmas #sacrifice #Savior #GoodFriday #Easter #ascension #SecondComing #Lent #Jesus #Mary #incarnation #Magnificat


in the kernel of creation

in the kernel of creation
Mary and the Spirit,
the Eternal made mortal,
Christ entered time…
 
Christ entered creation,
cells growing, multiplied,
the immortal become human,
in a twinkling of an eye…
 
growing within her clay,
sacred vessel of her womb,
His mother and His disciple,
light to change the world…
 
=====================
January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation
 
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Jesus, Mary, incarnation, Magnificat,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Advent #Christmas #sacrifice #Savior #GoodFriday #Easter #ascension #SecondComing #Lent #Jesus #Mary #incarnation #Magnificat


Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2

From the moment the Holy Spirit fell upon her,
piercing the veil, a tear in the fabric of time,
the eternal Son became human flesh,
descending in that instant from heaven,
He felt his body forming, growing,
within the womb of Mary…
 
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating,
the waters of her blood flowing,
feeding Him, growing, alive,
alive in the darkness,
within the secret place,
the eternal mortal, flesh…
 
Emmanuel, Messiah, come to earth,
the One who was prophesied, to come,
in the well, the pool of her womb, growing,
Christ, God here with us, transcendent,
conscious of His divinity always,
yet an embryo, a baby, human flesh…
 
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating,
stronger as He grew in secret,
like us within our mothers,
fed by her love, her blood,
in the well of her womb,
ready to enter the world…
 
The King of Kings, our Lord of Lords,
our now risen Lord and Savior,
His body quickening, taking His first breath,
held in the hands of Joseph, of Mary,
His first cries of life of love for us,
eternal, laid in His manger bed…
 
=====================
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
 
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Jesus, Mary, incarnation, Magnificat,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Advent #Christmas #sacrifice #Savior #GoodFriday #Easter #ascension #SecondComing #Lent #Jesus #Mary #incarnation #Magnificat

Saturday, January 04, 2025

Their hearts beating together - v2

Mary and Jesus,
for the months after the Spirit,
after the immaculate conception,
before our Savior’s birth…
 
Their hearts beating together,
Mary and her son Jesus,
Christ growing within her,
our Savior, Emmanuel…
 
Mary and Jesus,
their songs, their love story,
making the eternal mortal,
growing in His mother’s womb…
 
Their hearts beating together,
as they would forever, truly,
with Him at conception,
beyond that day on the cross…
 
Mary and Jesus,
Child and her Father,
His first disciple Mary,
exalted on high…
 
Their hearts beating together,
In each breath, each moment,
Mother and Child forever,
Their hearts beating as one…
 
=====================
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together.html
January 4, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating.html
Based on #Luke1:35
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
&
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
December 25, 2024

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Jesus, Mary, incarnation, Magnificat,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Advent #Christmas #sacrifice #Savior #GoodFriday #Easter #ascension #SecondComing #Lent #Jesus #Mary #incarnation #Magnificat 


Their hearts beating together

Mary and Jesus,
for the months after the Spirit,
after the immaculate conception,
before our Savior’s birth…
 
Their hearts beating together,
Mary and her son Jesus,
the Christ growing within her,
our Savior, Emmanuel…
 
Mary and Jesus,
their love story, their song,
bringing the eternal mortal,
growing in his mother’s womb…
 
Their hearts beating together,
as the would forever, truly,
with him at conception,
beyond that day on the cross…
 
Mary and Jesus,
Child and her Father,
His first disciple Mary,
exalted on high…
 
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January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together
 
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 4, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating.html
Based on #Luke1:35
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
&
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
December 25, 2024
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Thursday, August 15, 2019

Singing the Song of Mary – v3

We sing, joining her
Mary, the mother of our brother,
our Savior, the Christ;
Singing the song of Mary,
the Magnificat, its melody alive
shining in that night

The darkness illumined
by His bright birth star;
Claiming our faith like Mary,
a servant of God, willing,
walking humbly with our Father,
welcoming our King.

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edited August 15, 2019
Singing the Song of Mary – v3
The Magnificat
The Canticle of Mary
The Ode of the Theotokos

Luke 1:46–55
edited October 27, 2015
Singing the Song of Mary – v2
edited October 27, 2015
Joining Mary – v3
(editing original, drafted 10/12/15)
edited October 27, 2015
Joining Mary – v2
November 27, 2009
Joining Mary
November 27, 2009
Singing the Song of Mary
Isaiah 2:1-4
Jeremiah 33:14-15
Luke 1:46-50 and
sermon, “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 29, 2009
First Sunday of Advent
part of a series of sermons,
using the Advent Conspiracy
& poem from last year:
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Magnificat

Joining Mary, her song
sung to God, for all generations -
blessings we share, each of us
with her, all creation, blessed by the creator
humble servants are we, walking with our brother
sharing this wondrous message, with her, the angels,
those who have gone before us

A choir, singing her song, our song
of praise, of grace, of God’s great works
rejoicing with our mother, our sister
at all the almighty has done for us,
for the people, the descendants of Abraham
by faith, by his love, all of us saved
Share the good news

December 21 and 27, 2008
Magnificat
Micah 4:1-7
Luke 1:46-55
and sermon, “An Upside Down Christmas”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

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Monday, July 29, 2019

Mary sang the Magnificat – v4

In response to her cousin
to Elizabeth’s heart-felt blessing
Mary was filled with the Spirit, with joy,
Mary sang the Magnificat
she had become God’s servant
God’s handmaiden,
God’s willing vessel.

Mary sang for joy
at God’s great blessing,
from the depth of her being,
accepting God’s blessing
her purpose, her calling,
carrying the baby
our Lord, Jesus Christ.

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edited July 29, 2019
Mary sang the Magnificat – v4

edited December 23, 2017
Mary sang the Magnificat – v3
Song of Hannah
1 Samuel 2:1–10
Luke 1:46-55 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
The Magnificat
edited January 12, 2017
Mary sang the Magnificat – v2
December 11, 2016
Mary sang the Magnificat
edited January 12, 2017
Worship in Song – v2
edited January 2, 2017
Preparing the Way – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited December 30, 2016
Preparing the Way – v2
November 30, 2009
Preparing the Way
Upper Room Disciplines for 2009
Malachi 3:1
for November 30, 2009
Malachi 3:2-4
for December 1, 2009
Luke 1:68-75
for December 2, 2009
by F. Douglas Powe, Jr.
&
edited/new name December 22, 2017
Mary sang the Magnicat - 2
December 22, 2017
She sang
December 22, 2017
the joy of Mary
December 22, 2017
bowing down to idols
December 21, 2017
without this invitation
December 21, 2017
real joy
December 21, 2017
Joy remains
December 21, 2017
Joy stays
December 21, 2017
joy is constant
edited December 21, 2017
Happiness is fleeting – v2
December 21, 2017
Happiness is fleeting
December 21, 2017
Joy is a fruit
edited December 20, 2017
joy in the chaos – v2
December 20, 2017
joy in the chaos
December 20, 2017
we are offered joy
December 20, 2017
How I rejoice in God my Savior
December 19, 2017
offered up to God
December 19, 2017
her prayer of faith
December 19, 2017
her prayer of joy
December 19, 2017
a prayer of submission
edited December 19, 2017
The Song of Mary – v2
December 19, 2017
The Song of Mary
December 19, 2017
The Magnificat
December 17, 2017
God’s promise of Joy
December 17, 2017
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Third Sunday in Advent - Joy
Advent Sermon Series – “The Invitation…”
Lighting of the Advent Wreath – the candle of Joy

Congregation prayer over George Merrow

Great Thanksgiving and prayer before communion
Psalm 126 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
Isaiah 61:1-2, 8-11 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
Luke 1:46-55 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
The Magnificat
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
and sermon “An Invitation to Joy…”
text and video

text

video
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Third Sunday in Advent
December 17, 2017
&
December 15, 2017
Advent – haiku - 7
December 15, 2017
Advent - acrostic
December 15, 2017
come and see the babe
edited/ new name December 15, 2017
we cannot know peace
December 15, 2017
peace begins with trust
December 15, 2017
an invitation of peace
December 15, 2017
an invitation to peace
December 15, 2017
give your worries to Jesus
December 15, 2017
a relationship with God
edited December 14, 2017
we are offered peace – v2
December 14, 2017
we are offered peace
December 14, 2017
we are offered hope
edited December 13, 2017
treasures of Advent – v2
edited December 13, 2017
memories of Advent – v2
December 13, 2017
a time of waiting and preparation – v2
December 12, 2017
memories of Advent
December 12, 2017
treasures of Advent
edited December 12, 2017
treasures of the season – v2
December 12, 2017
treasures of the season
edited/new name December 12, 2017
making room for Advent
December 12, 2017
room for Advent
December 12, 2017
souvenirs of Advent
December 10, 2017
leaving the script
Christ changing the words of the Passover Seder,
which was already 1400 years old at that time
December 10, 2017
God makes an invitation
December 10, 2017
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Second Sunday in Advent - Peace
Advent Sermon Series – “The Invitation…”
Lighting of the Advent Wreath – the candle of Peace
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
Isaiah 11:1-9
Isaiah 9:6-7
Romans 14:17-19
Great Thanksgiving and prayer before communion
and sermon “An Invitation to Peace…”
text and video
text
video
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Second Sunday in Advent
December 10, 2017
&
edited December 9, 2017
a journey of hope – v2
edited December 9, 2017
an invitation to the stable – v2
&
December 9, 2017
God will return
2 Peter 3:8-15a
The Upper Room Disciplines for 2017
“Faithful Wilderness Waiting”
December 4, 2017 to December 10, 2017
by Frank Rogers, Jr.
devotion for December 8, 2017
read December 9, 2017
&
December 9, 2017
a time of waiting and preparation
December 8, 2017
Breathe Deeply of Advent
December 8, 2017
Breathe in the Season
December 5, 2017
even in the wilderness
December 4, 2017
the Hope of the invitation
December 4, 2017
there is hope in the manger
December 4, 2017
things we gather
December 4, 2017
gather all you can
December 4, 2017
welcome to Advent
December 4, 2017
the invitation to the manger
December 4, 2017
Faith and Hope
edited December 4, 2017
Faith for each step – v2
December 4, 2017
Faith for each step
edited December 3, 2017
hope above all else – v2
December 3, 2017
hope above all else
December 3, 2017
the ones dressed in white
December 3, 2017
riding into battle
edited December 3, 2017
they don’t come – v2
December 3, 2017
invite them
December 3, 2017
carrying our treasure
December 3, 2017
we wait, we hope
edited December 3, 2017
A journey of Hope – 2 – v2
December 3, 2017
A journey of Hope - 2
edited/new name December 3, 2017
an invitation to hope
December 3, 2017
a journey of hope
December 3, 2017
the invitation of Advent
December 3, 2017
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
First Sunday in Advent - Hope
Advent Sermon Series – “The Invitation…”
Lighting of the Advent Wreath – the candle of Hope
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Isaiah 57:7-12
Isaiah 9:1-3
Romans 5:1-5
Great Thanksgiving and prayer before communion
Testimony of Shyanne Foss about her Type 1 Diabetes
and sermon “An Invitation to Hope”
text and video
text
video
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
First Sunday in Advent
December 3, 2017
&
edited November 22, 2017
A Journey of Treasure – v5
(editing original again)
edited January 13, 2015
A Journey of Treasure – v4
(editing original again)
Edited January 5, 2013
“A Journey of Treasure – v3”
edited September 1, 2011
“A Journey of Treasure – v2”
1/1/06 14:38
“A Journey of Treasure”
Matthew 2:1-12 and the sermon “Time Passages”
by Pastor Lori Eldredge
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
&
December 17, 2017
when I was a stranger
December 17, 2017
I was starving
December 17, 2017
gathered into His pasture
edited December 3, 2017
they are not invited – v2
December 2, 2017
they are not invited
December 2, 2017
they don’t come
December 2, 2017
we must invite them
December 2, 2017
we don’t invite them
December 2, 2017
come into God’s presence
edited December 2, 2017
Will we join that congregation – v2
edited/new title December 2, 2017
will we join that congregation
December 2, 2017
will we be gathered up to heaven
edited December 2, 2017
will we be raptured – v2
December 2, 2017
will we be raptured
December 2, 2017
an invitation to the stable
December 2, 2017
Jesus won salvation
edited December 2, 2017
where will we stand on Judgment Day – v2
edited December 1, 2017
The King is coming – v2
edited December 1, 2017
will we be ready – v2
December 1, 2017
will we be ready
December 1, 2017
where will we stand on Judgment Day
December 1, 2017
The King is coming
edited December 1, 2017
Does the Judgment convict us
December 1, 2017
does the judgement convict us
edited November 30, 2017
we live out our faith – v2
(with truthful weasel words added…)
edited/new name November 30, 2017
we live out our faith
edited November 30, 2017
do we live out our faith? – v2
November 30, 2017
do we live out our faith?
November 30, 2017
do we believe the scripture?
November 29, 2017
Christ will return soon
edited November 29, 2017
I believe in Jesus – 2 – v2
November 29, 2017
I believe in Jesus - 2
November 28, 2017
when I say I am a Christian
edited/new name November 28, 2017
I say I am a Christian
edited/new name November 28, 2017
We say we are Christians
November 28, 2017
They say they are Christians
edited/new name November 28, 2017
Christ will come down from heaven
edited November 28, 2017
Christ will judge us – v2
November 28, 2017
Christ will judge us
November 28, 2017
God will see our heart
November 27, 2017
whitewashed Christians
Matthew 23:27-28 (The Message)
““You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds!
You’re like manicured grave plots, grass clipped and the flowers bright,
but six feet down it’s all rotting bones and worm-eaten flesh.
People look at you and think you’re saints, but beneath the skin
you’re total frauds.”
November 27, 2017
false Christians - 2
edited November 27, 2017
lumped in with the others – v2
November 27, 2017
lumped in with the others
edited November 26, 2017
Why would I want to be a Christian – v2
November 26, 2017
why would I want to be a “Christian”
November 26, 2017
the name Christian spit from their lips
November 26, 2017
the name Christian spit from their lips
edited November 26, 2017
I saw heaven open – v2
edited to fit Twitter 280 characters
November 26, 2017
I saw heaven open
November 26, 2017
Ladies of scripture
November 26, 2017
Christ the King Sunday
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 95:1-7 (The Voice
Matthew 25:31-46 (The Voice)
The Final Judgement
The Sheep and the Goats
Revelations 19:11-16 (The Voice)
The Rider
and sermon “The King is coming…”
text
video
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Christ the King Sunday
November 26, 2017


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