Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Latin: O Oriens,splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darknessa light has dawned. Isaiah 9:2…
Latin: O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;qui aperis, et nemo claudit;claudis, et nemo aperit:veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis. “I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no…
Latin: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem Gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. The father of King David was Jesse, the prophesy of Micah says that the Messiah…
Latin:O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,et ei in Sina legem dedisti:veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. Isaiah had prophesied: “[…] but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for…
Latin:O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia:veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae In the Book of the Prophet Isaiah We read the following: “The Spirit of the Lord will rest…
The O Antiphons are used during that last seven days of Advent during the evening service and begin with the vocative particle “O.”Each antiphon is a name of Christ along with one of his attributes from Scripture.
Prophets say things no one wants to hear. Prophets point to the uncomfortable truth about people and the world around them. Prophets call people out for bad behavior and when they are causing others to skew their actions and beliefs. Prophets point us in directions that we do not always want to look and call us to things we do not always want to do.
Malachi 3:1-4 Matthew 24:36-44 Many, If not all of us, are preparing for something. I would hazard to guess that we are all preparing, in some way, for Christmas. I am preparing my sermons. The Choir is preparing hymns and…
One of the things I believe the Protestant Reformers got wrong was removing any sense of devotion to saints. I understand the reason behind their objection but this, like other things, just went too far and we have removed a…
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring…