A SONG FOR THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE CHRISTMAS OCTAVE – FEAST OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
The Nativity 1888
⁷ And she [Mary] gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger. (Luke 2: 7a, NRSV)
On this New Year’s Day in the Catholic Church, we celebrate the Feast of Mary, Mother of God. For this day, I have chosen one of the songs I composed as a Christmas present for my grandchildren in 2017. It is simply entitled, Lullaby. Imagine Mary, gently holding the child, Jesus, in her arms, and singing him softly to sleep.
Lullaby (for my grandchildren), Psalm Offering 6 Opus 8 (c) 2017 by Robert Charles Wagner. All rights reserved.
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I am a composer, performer, poet, educator, spiritual director, and permanent deacon of the Catholic Church. I just recently retired after 42 years of full-time ministry in the Catholic Church. I continue to serve in the Church part-time. I have been blessed to be united in marriage to my bride, Ruth, since 1974. I am father to four wonderful adult children, and grandfather to five equally wonderful grandchildren. In my lifetime, I have received a B.A. in Music (UST), M.A. in Pastoral Studies (St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, UST), Certified Spiritual Director. Ordained to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, in 1991. Composer, musician, author, poet, educator. The Gospels drive my political choices, hence, leading me toward a more liberal, other-centered politics rather than conservative politics. The great commandment of Jesus to love one another as he has loved us, as well as the criteria he gives in Matthew 25 by which we are to be judged at the end of time directs my actions and thoughts.
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