A Catholic Christmas Poem by Liam ó Comáin

I dreamt of a Catholic Christmas
Just like the ones of my childhood
And youth with God as a child in
A manger while Mary and Joseph
And other works of creation bore
Witness to the source of all truth.

But personal experiences of our
Millennium is of a spiritual drought
(Paraphrasing a modern Pope)
Where Santa fills the place of Jesus
While secular ideas daily oppose
The essence of Christian hope.

But similar negatives has bedevilled
Humanity since the days of Adam
And Eve and I've no doubt like many
Before those present will wither and die
As humanity returns to God for without
Him we are all a-stray.

Thus once again I’ll experience an
Authentic Catholic Christmas day.