Christus natus est

First

(not born first –

in God before-stars-first)

Child . . . . Christ!

New . . . . today!

Now . . . . today!

Mary’s Child,

First Child of Mary

(Star of the Sea,

Sea-Star)!

See . . . .

We

Heaven’s are

Who brother

Christ

Through Mary-Mother.

Drop, Stars,

Drop down,

Drop!

More star than stars,

He dropped

Down to earth,

Down to dust,

Down to stable-dwell.

Come to see, Stars!

Come to touch,

Light-touch, love-touch,

Love-light Christ!

(to this original ca. 1940 were added in Advent 1989, presented in the St. Ignatius Chapel on campus:)

Bend, knees

swell, hearts,

sing, tongues

Bend, O knees He prayed for;

swell, O hearts He paid for;

sing, O tongues He sighed for;

love, O loves He died for.

Christus natus est!

Evelyn Coffey