December 20, 2011 parish …and lives today in Bread & Wine. And is it true? And is it true, This most tremendous tale of all, Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue, A Baby in an ox’s stall? The Maker of the stars and sea Become a Child on earth for me? No love that in a family dwells, No carolling in frosty air, Nor all the steeple-shaking bells Can with the single Truth compare – That God was Man in Palestine And lives today in Bread and Wine. John Betjeman By spr
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