Australia

Article Sections

Contents

  1. New Land
  2. Southern Cross
  3. Jesus of Sky and Sand
  4. Contrasts
  5. Solidarity
  6. Enfold
  7. Outback Bethlehem
  8. Protecting Trinity
  9. Calm and Storm
  10. Freedom and Security
  11. O Holy Spirit, Treasury Sublime
  12. Travel
  13. The Sun's Passion
  14. Merciful Mother
  15. The Bread of Live
  16. Thank You for Creation
  17. Colours
  18. The Church's Year
  19. Cossack
  20. Resurrection
  21. Elements
  22. When the Race is Over
  23. Gain and Loss
  24. Your Love is Easy to See

Outback Bethlehem

  1. I found a manger
    In Bethlehem's outback;
    I felt a hunger
    For something in their looks;
    I spied the danger
    From the dust of distant trucks;
    I was a stranger
    But I seemed to bring them luck.
  2. The tiny Saviour
    Was sleeping in the shade
    Of a makeshift shelter
    That His father made;
    His mother hovered
    Quietly afraid;
    She heard the whispers
    Of a desperate raid.
  3. Koalas gathered
    In a nearby tree,
    Kangaroos bounded
    To see what they could see;
    A wombat staggered
    In sunlight blearily
    And they all worshipped
    The infant reverently.
  4. A helicopter
    Hovered then flew away.
    They had all vanished
    By the break of day.
    The Baby Jesus
    Was carried far away;
    The star still glittered
    To mark where He once lay.