"O" Antiphon for 18 December

18 December:

 

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.. 

 

O Lord and Ruler of the house of Israel, 

who appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush 

and gave him the law on Sinai: 

come, and redeem us with outstretched arms

 

 

Photo: Sunrise in Port Lincoln, South Australia  mid-July 2011.  Taken from the front porch of the rectory at St. Mary of the Angels.  Except for a slight crop and straightening of the horizon, the photo was untouched by processing.  

 

Meditation:  As Moses saw the Lord in the burning bush we see Him in the flaming skies of sunrise and sunset.  We see Him in all that occurs between those boundaries between day and night, night and day. We hear in the Third Eucharistic Prayer at Mass: "You never cease to gather a people to yourself so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name."  

 

Where, how, or in whom did I see the Lord today?  How did I respond?

 

Lagniappe: Tell Out My Soul (Mary'sMagnificat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ji4y9Q-K0

Prayer:

 

Longing for Christ (c.10th century)

 

Come, true light.

Come, life eternal.

Come, hidden mystery.

Come, treasure without name.

Come, reality beyond all words. 

Come, man beyond all understanding.

Come, rejoicing without end. 

Come, light that knows no evening. 

Come, raising up of the fallen. 

Come, resurrection of the dead.