Long, long ago; so I have been told,

Two women once met on the streets paved with gold.

" By the stars in your crown", said the one to the other

" I see that on earth, you too were a Mother.

And by the blue tinted halo you wear,

you too have known sorrow and deepest despair."

"Ah yes", she replied, " I once had a son.

A sweet little lad, full of laughter and fun.

But tell of your child" --

" Oh, I knew I was blest from the first moment

I held him close to my breast, and my heart almost

burst with the joy of that day."

" Ah yes", said the other, "I felt the same way."

The former continued, " The first steps he took,

so eager and breathless, the first startled look

which came over his face...he trusted me so."

"Ah yes", said the other, " How well do I know."

" But soon he had grown to a tall handsome boy,

so stalwart and kind and it gave me such joy,

to have him just walk down the street by my side."

"Ah yes," said the other, " I felt the same pride."

" How often I shielded and spared him from pain

and when he for others was so cruelly slain.

When they crucified Him and they spat in His face,

how gladly would I have hung there in His place."

A moment of silence --- " Oh, then you are she......

the Mother of Christ " and she fell to one knee.

But the mother of Christ raised her up, drawing her near

and kissed from the cheek of the women, a tear

then said " Tell me the name of the one you loved so

that I may share with you your grief and your woe."

She lifted her eyes, looking straight at the other.

" He was Judas Iscariot, I am his mother.

Author Unknown

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