By: Kathleen Aparo
On that sacred night of nights A barn owl watched it all He saw the woman bending there Then heard the angels call He watched the shepherds bow their heads The sheep in wonder stare And when the star moved over all He saw the baby there He wondered at the scene below As he whispered in the night Whoo whoo whoo And the Babe smiled with delight He did not know just how he knew Perhaps it was the star Or the wise men on their camels Who had come so very far But the owl knew this little child Would change men through the years And that the love within his words Would comfort all their fears. Then an angel looked upon the owl And spoke as in a prayer “your wisdom is a special joy To the blest child laying there And so dear owl through out the years You shall be known as wise And in the darkness of the night You’ll see with special eyes And every time you whisper soft Your gentle whoo, whoo, whoo A soul will find his way to God Through the Babe who smiled on you.”
