“Leave Us Perplexed”—A Prayer for December 21, 2020
Your unexpected calling to Mary, O God,
the storytelling recounts,
left the soon-to-be Mother of God, in a word, “perplexed.”
We are more than a bit squeamish
about a God who perplexes us,
and a faith that provokes questions from us.
We want to tell ourselves that your word
is only ever crystal-clear,
and that your messages will always
make perfect sense to our already
completely serene minds.
Nevertheless you speak in
your own mysterious ways,
whether we like it or not,
with words whose ambiguity
can sometimes make us nervous,
with an alternative vision of life
that contradicts our assumptions,
and with declarations that sound downright impossible.
We keep trying to have an easy, unreflective, Christmas,
And yet here you are, perplexing us all over again.
Keep it up, Lord God. Leave us perplexed, too.
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