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St. John the Apostle
December 27 is the Feast of St. John the Apostle, and this sonnet interprets John’s introduction to his first epistle, 1 John (1:1-4) which reads, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our…
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Unwinding the Darkness
This is last night’s Christmas Story which I read at the church I pastor, Grace Presbyterian.. It is still very rough and in need of editing, but that’s the way with some Christmas gifts. Consider the typos, misspellings, sentence fragments, and run-on sentences my special gift. In spite of all…
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O Emmanuel (God with Us)
The Great O Antiphon for December 23 is “O Emmanuel”. The antiphon reads, “O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O Lord our God.” The antiphon is the culmination of the Old Testament prophecies and names for the coming…
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O King of Nations (Rex Gentium)
Through this past election season and its subsequent fall out and controversy, I have been ironically encouraged by one thing: humanity has a deep seated longing to be led, inspired, gathered, and held together. The antiphon for December 22 is Rex Gentium, and it reads: “O King of the nations, and…
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O Dayspring (O Oriens)
The Great O Antiphon for December 21 is O Oriens, which is often translated, “O Dayspring”. The Latin has within its meaning both the “dawn”, the “morning”, “morning star”, and “east”; it is the word from which we both get “orient” as in the “Orient” but also “orient” as in “orientation”.…
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