We are Flesh-and-Spirit on a journey to Integral Unity with God.
Posted in church geekery, liturgy on 20 December 2008 - 24 כסלו 5769
ARRY, One of my Facebook Friends, wrote me a note saying “You calling them the Great O Antiphons suddenly made me think, Were there some less than great O Antiphons that didn’t make the cut in the 5th century?“…
Actually, now that you mention it…
Although the Antiphons on the Magnificat that we have are the “final [...]
Posted in contemplation on 20 December 2008 - 24 כסלו 5769
Are you the one to build me a house to live in? I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle. Wherever I have moved about among all the people [...]
Posted in church geekery, contemplation on 20 December 2008 - 24 כסלו 5769
Post #8 - the last - in the 2008 Advent series on the O Antiphons. The master-post for this series is here and the text of all the Great O Antiphons is here.
Virgo virginum, quomodo fiet istud? Quia nec primam similem visa es nec habere sequentem. Filiae Ierusalem, quid me admiramini? Divinum est mysterium [...]
Posted in contemplation, saints and days on 15 December 2008 - 19 כסלו 5769
Post #7 in the 2008 Advent series on the O Antiphons. The master-post for this series is here and the text of all the Great O Antiphons is here.
Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, expectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the one awaited by the [...]
Posted in contemplation, other paths, saints and days on 15 December 2008 - 19 כסלו 5769
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
FTEN I’ve heard these words quoted in such a way as to imply that we are still Roman slaves. You know:
Q: What should I do, my boss/husband/parents/pastor is abusing me at every turn. [...]
Posted in church geekery, saints and days on 10 December 2008 - 14 כסלו 5769
Post #6 in the 2008 Advent series on the O Antiphons. The master-post for this series is here and the text of all the Great O Antiphons is here.
Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. King of the Nations, and the one they [...]
Posted in contemplation on 7 December 2008 - 11 כסלו 5769
John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
FTER four weeks of Advent Readings focusing on the Apocalypse, the Day of the Lord, we turn a corner with these Sunday readingsin the RCL and look start preparing for Christmas.
The Eastern liturgy does this as well. [...]
Posted in contemplation, saints and days on 5 December 2008 - 9 כסלו 5769
Post #5 in the 2008 Advent series on the O Antiphons. The master-post for this series is here and the text of all the Great O Antiphons is here.
Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. Dawn, splendor of eternal light, and sun of justice, come, and [...]
Posted in contemplation, saints and days on 30 November 2008 - 4 כסלו 5769
Post #4 in the 2008 Advent series on the O Antiphons. The master-post for this series is here and the text of all the Great O Antiphons is here.
Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel, qui aperis, et nemo claudit, claudis, et nemo aperuit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris, et [...]
Posted in contemplation on 29 November 2008 - 3 כסלו 5769
But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with [...]
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