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Defying the Darkness, St Lucy’s Day
Here’s a poem for Saint Lucy’s Day. You can read more about her here. Though I do not believe we are to pray to saints, we still enjoy the fellowship of the cloud of witnesses even if they are separated from us by death. I was moved today by a…
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Christmas Counting
Here’s an excerpt from the first chapter in my collection of Christmas Eve stories, The Night is O’er which is being released on Kindle today in honor of one who inspires me and for whom I am so honored to know. She has endured over 2,550 days with T1D, has…
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O Root of Jesse (O Radix)
The Great O Antiphon for December 19th is O Root of Jesse, “O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.” This antiphon is the…
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O Wisdom II (Sapientia)
This is a sonnet based upon the Great O Antiphon, O Sapientia which is sung on December 17. The antiphon reads, “O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from one end to the other mightily, and sweetly ordering all things: Come and teach us the…
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