Total freedom means I may read the Arabic Gospel <br />of the Infancy of the Saviour, the miracles of Jesus <br />Christ in his Infancy - and nobody can force me to <br />believe or reject it, nobody dictate what I should <br />make of it, I am free to conclude <br /> <br />This Gospel documents the visions of dreamers, de- <br />lighting in apparently impossible ideas, entrancing <br />theories of supernatural powers, making the quest <br />for literal truth redundant - there is no means to <br />prove its veracity - true believers need none <br /> <br />While sceptics will never accept any proof whatsoever <br />I am entranced by the lovely vision of the baby Jesus <br />lying in his cradle, telling His mother Maria He is the <br />Son of God; sick people cured when the water in <br />which He was washed, poured over them <br /> <br />I am captivated by image of the boy Jesus making His <br />clay figures of birds and sparrows fly - when He was <br />almost flogged, His master’s hand fell off; explaining <br />astronomy to a philosopher - aspects of planets, <br />triangular, square, sextile; course retrograde <br /> <br />The little boy Jesus is a bewitching phenomenon… <br /> <br />--------------------------- <br /> <br />“THE ARABIC GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF THE SAVIOUR” <br /> <br />With the help and favour of the Most High <br />we begin to write a book of the miracles of our Lord <br />and Master and Saviour Jesus Christ, which is called <br />the Gospel of the Infancy: in the peace of the Lord. <br />Amen.<br /><br />Margaret Alice<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/arabic-gospel/
