CMP Review 2025-12-25

December 25, 2025

“In swathing bands, she in a manger laid,
For shelter from the cold, the princely Child:
Nor knew that there she laid the Bread of Life
Where ass and oxen for their fodder came.

“Not, from His infant birth, the Son of Man
Had where to lay His head in this His world,
But shared the common place the cattle used.

“Bless’d Virgin, who didst bear the World’s Delight!
Bless’d Joseph, who first saw the wondrous sight!
Good byre, which sheltered Him from rude affright!
Kind cattle, graced above all beasts that night!”

— Charlotte Mason

🖼️: The Nativity by Duccio di Buoninsegna

Merry Christmas from the Charlotte Mason Poetry team!