Sometimes when we get older
we feel barren.
Sometimes life seems empty
and void.
But then someone comes,
something happens,
and our heart leaps up within us,
something new happens,
and we shout with joy,
we are the lover again,
seeking our beloved
in the recesses.
O come to us, Mary,
with your impossible news.
O leap within us, John,
you improbable child.
O Lord Jesus
come make us new again,
even in our old age,
even in our barrenness.
In this darkest time,
turn our planet again
towards the light.