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I have just returned from a week spent amid the jaw-dropping beauty of the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons National Park. Immersing yourself in a landscape like that, even for a week, can do so much for waning spirits – as mine were in the weeks after I attended the March meeting of the United …
We thought it was winter
High up on the raw, windy ridge
Though diaries confirmed it was May -
Mary’s month -
The time when the Christ child
First stirred in the womb
Heralding Spring ñ new life within.
Imagine Mary – experiencing
Daily growth of body and mind,
Spirit-filled, as pangs of joy
Leap in her heart.
Mysteriously,
Saintly doubts dissolve
Humble sincerity
Blossoms anew -
Mary’s Spring-time.
Here, amid …
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