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Deborah WarrenOctober 25, 2019

In 1291 the Virgin’s house at Nazareth was miraculously transported by angels to escape the victorious Muslim armies…. It came to rest at Loreto, on the Adriatic coast of Italy.

Look at the picture. Totally insane.
A house ups from the earth and comes to rest
intact as a virgin—a continent away.

You bet it takes a miracle to explain,
and of all the ones I’ve heard this is the best:
a pair of angels shows up to convey

a building, on their fingertips. Okay,
shifting a house a couple of countries west,
I know one thing you can be sure about,

a job like this, you’re looking at a crane.
No wonder they found it cheapest and easiest
to hire a couple of angels to carry it out.

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