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What King for Me?
The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. – Jonah 3:6 A king for a city Sits in rent sackcloth and ash Cut to the quick, crying To allay the overturning crash. What King…
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The Land Whose Bars Closed
Jonah 2:6 I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. [gigya src=”https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed_player.swf” style=”background-color:transparent; display:block; max-width: 700px;” flashvars=”image_option=small&imgURL=https%3A%2F%2Fd15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net%2Fi%2F19375683%2F300x300%2Fc&link_color=%2358d1eb&mp3Author=randamir&mp3Duration=78498.0&mp3LinkURL=https%3A%2F%2Faudioboom.com%2Fboos%2F4098050-the-land-whose-bars-closed&mp3Time=12.56am+24+Jan+2016&mp3Title=The+Land+Whose+Bars+Closed&mp3URL=https%3A%2F%2Faudioboom.com%2Fboos%2F4098050-the-land-whose-bars-closed.mp3%3Fsource%3Dwordpress&player_theme=light&rootID=boo_player_1&show_title=true&waveimgURL=https%3A%2F%2Fd15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net%2Fi%2Fw%2F4383796″ width=”100%” height=”150″ allowFullScreen=”true” wmode=”transparent”] Sad in sloth and shut in by my longing’s fear I stepped…
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The Only Way Up
Jonah 1:1-3 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the…
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O King of Nations
The seventh in a series of sonnets based on the Great O Antiphons. This sonnet is based on the antiphon, O Rex Gentium (O King of Nations). The translation reads: “O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which…
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O Root of Jesse II
This sonnet is based on the Great O Antiphon prayer, O Root of Jesse which reads: “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.”…
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