Logos

Christmas Eve

Put aside tonight recognition, the obvious
Surroundings, of this word – branding of things –
And return to the beginning, to the birth
Of all we know as creation, returning thus
To origin, to ours and that of all which is,
To its order and meaning, its fact and quality
In that which does not pass, and is one whole
Which we are given into and is given us
In birth, so is always born, as we are
Always born, always sharing in its birth.

It is one birth we celebrate – the birth of that
Which is to our eyes, and that which is not –
And it is not birth only, but continuance:
For what is born and continues is the logos
Of all things – those which are to us in life,
And those which are not in life – and as these
Are one thing in one whole, so this birth
Is expression of the whole, one with the logos
That is before, within, and beyond us, and which
Is always renewing, and this whole is love.

And it is from and with and into the whole –
A logos formed in and for love – that this birth
Comes, and in its celebration and continuance
We are offered rebirth: and our birth again,
If we accept it, is into the original and originating
Constancy, the whole that is love, a love that
Is ever enduring, always present, available,
Welcoming, and – given us as we are given to it –
Is for us to make endlessly present, endlessly
Available, endlessly welcomed, as in this birth.

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