Wife and Mother en-fleshed with God

by Virginia M. Kimball, S.T.D.

… She “knew” the Lord

Therefore, a man leaves

his father and his mother

and cleaves to his wife,

becoming one in flesh. ^{Genesis 2:24}

Like man for wife yearning,

two completed in one,

as love in love burning:

God’s creation plan done.

Miryam “knew” no man,

a seed of trust her part,

love of God with passion,

humankind’s hope, the start.

… She who “bore” the Lord

Before I formed you in the womb

God knew you, and before you

were born I consecrated you. ^{Jeremiah 1:5}

God knew Mary blessing her,

prophetess in God’s land,

faith like ours yet deeper –

married, without a band.

Gentle mother wrapping

life with love in her womb,

something like awaiting

his rebirth from the tomb.

… She who is wife unwedded

Rejoice, bridal chamber

of seedless marriage

O Rejoice bride unwedded. ^{Akathistos Hymn, Fourth Stasis}

Rejoice for little things

wife-mothers do all day.

In marriage, life she brings,

One among us to stay.

Theos, God offers love:

Deus, New Creation …

joins mother in one-ness

with Presence, poesis.

Mary, mother of life,

the theopoiesis,

Mary, wife and mother,
Deo in excelsis!