Advent, Day 14: Visitation

LOOK: The Visitation by Paulina Krajewska

Krajewska, Paulina_Visitation2 — Paulina Krajewska (Polish, 1976–), *The Visitation*, 2016. Tempera on panel, 35 × 25 cm.

Krajewska, Paulina_Visitation — Paulina Krajewska (Polish, 1976–), *The Visitation*, 2016. Tempera on panel, 35 × 25 cm.

LISTEN: “Curious Woman” by Tow’rs, on The Holly & the Ivy (2020)

I feel the flames, oh Madonna
I feel the heat of your child
Birthing from all heaven’s glory
Clothed in the brown skin of God
I see a light in the desert
I see it blazing on high
Burning down all preconceived
Notions of who you would be

Refrain:
Call it a sweet, oh, a sweet premonition
We saw no defeat as we labored the weight of the fire
Curious woman, the revolution is your joy

I’ve kept my hopes locked away
I’ve kept my scars in a jar
I thought that love had a limit
Careful not to reach too far
Flipping that table of lies
Breached but I’m breathing just fine
Dear woman, please recognize
Divinity held inside [Refrain]

I feel the flames, oh Madonna
I feel the heat of your child
Birthing from all heaven’s glory
Clothed in the brown skin of God