The Message of Lent

One of the great things about preparing a talk is that it forces you to immerse yourself in a topic.  Such was the case this week with my preparing a talk on Lent for RCIA.  Pretty good timing that, of course it helped that the snow forced us to cancel last week. I admit that the idea of Lent fills me with a bit of trepidation.  To be sure it can be difficult for all of us but for me it seems that many Lents, the...

6th Day in the Octave of Christmas

It’s the 6th day of Christmas! We had a lovely Christmas Day (though some of us weren’t feeling well and didn’t take ANY pictures) and we’re having a very nice Christmas season. We’ve been playing games, and reading and reading about cooking (and thinking about ordering pizza ) and rejoicing in all that is good and true and beautiful. A God Who loved us so much that He sent His Son...

O Emmanuel – God with Us

O Emmanuel, God with us, our King and Lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: Come to save us, O Lord our God. O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, expectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster....

O Rex Gentium – O King of Nations

O King of the Gentiles and their desired One, the Cornerstone that makes both one; Come, and deliver man, whom You formed out of the dust of the earth. O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti....

O Oriens – O Dawn

O Dawn, splendor of eternal light, and sun of justice, come, and shine on those seated in darkness, and in the shadow of death. O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. ...