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As We Enter this New Year
As we enter this New Year, let us be open – with joy – to the mystery of how our lives will unfold. There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly. – Margaret Fuller
The Feast of the Holy Family
From today’s second reading, Colossians 3: Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you. Teach each other, and advise each other, in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God;… Continue Reading “The Feast of the Holy Family”
O Emmanuel – O God with Us
O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Expected of the nations and the Savior of them all, O come and save us, O Lord our God -source of translation unknown
O Rex Gentium – O King of Nations
O King of the Nations and Desire of the all, you are the Cornerstone who makes both one. O come and save the creatures whom you fashioned out of clay. – source of translation unknown
O Oriens – O Dayspring
O Rising Dawn, brightness of the Light Eternal and Son of Righteousness, O come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. – source of translation unknown
O Clavis David – O Key of David
O Key of David and scepter of the house of Israel, you open and no one can close; you close and no one can open. O come and bring captives out of the prison house, those who sit in darkness and the shadow of… Continue Reading “O Clavis David – O Key of David”
O Adonai – O Lord
O Adonai and Leader of the House of Israel, you appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the Law on Sinai. O come and redeem us with an outstretched arm. -source of translation unknown
O Sapientia – O Wisdom
Today we sing, “O Wisdom”, or as it was in the original Latin in the 7th century, “O Sapientia”. O Wisdom, you came forth from the mouth of the Most High and reach from one end of the earth to the other, mightily and… Continue Reading “O Sapientia – O Wisdom”
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