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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
On the First Day of Christmas . . .
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung
Of Jesse’s lineage coming
as prophets long have sung,
It came a flow’ret bright
Amid the cold of winter
When half spent was the night.Isaiah ’twas foretold it
The rose I have in mind.
With Mary we behold it
The Virgin Mother kind.
To show God’s love aright
She bore to us a savior
When half spent was the night.– Sixteenth Century Carol
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What a beautiful rose!
Thank you!
Wow,beautiful rose!!! Nice shot!!!
Thanks Rexlin.
Me, I love the rose, but I love those four hundred year old words even more 🙂 Merry Christmas to you.
Thank you, Kate, and same to you. And can’t you hear the lovely tune?
Indeed 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmqI4zoHX8