What if the One who shapes the stars

What if the one who shapes the stars
and puts the planets in their place
should set all majesty aside
and move amongst the human race?
What if the One who engineers
the eye, the ear, the heart, the brain,
should make his home here as a child
at Mary’s breast in Bethlehem?

2. What if the One who spoke the word
when all was dark, ‘Let there be light!’
should enter this disordered world
to make our fading hopes more bright?
What if the God who waits outside
should all at once be found within,
and Mary’s child be given the strength
to overturn the power of sin?

3. What if the One who always was,
creation’s hidden energy,
should – for love’s sake – inhabit time,
God’s living Word for all to see?
Yes, true it is: Christ’s Gospel truth,
the truth on which we all may build!
So let this be the truth for us
as now we welcome Mary’s child.