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Carol for the Sixth Day of Christmas
Candles burn. Baby cries.Hearts return. Mother sighs. Church bells chime. Love arrives.Carols rhyme. Sadness dies. Snow flakes fly. Devils fear.Hope revives. God is here. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights… Continue reading
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On the Third Day of Christmas
All that stuff you've lost through the years– Barbies and Hot Wheels, LEGOs and barrettes, baseballs and golf balls, jobs and hobbies, best friends and beloved pets, lovers and loved ones, innocence, … Continue reading
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Feast of Stephen
Today, the second day of Christmas, is the Feast of Stephen,the day, you may recall, when Good King Wenceslas and his pageventured out to help a poor man, who was struggling to survivethe wind and cold of a particularly nasty winter night. When you hear or sing this… Continue reading
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O Antiphons: Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, who mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear. "It's cancer."God is with us, still. "Your services are no longer needed."God is with… Continue reading
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O Antiphons: Key of David
O come, thou Key of David, come, and open wide our heavenly home; make safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery. The Key is on its way;hold on a… Continue reading
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O Antiphons: Desire of Nations
O come, Desire of nations, bind in one the hearts of humankind, bid thou our sad divisions cease, and be thyself our King of Peace. The world, worn and weary,barely able to rise from bed each morning,tired of grieving… Continue reading
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O Antiphons: Dayspring
O come, thou Dayspring from on high, and cheer us by thy drawing nigh; dispense the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadow put to flight. We watchnot only through dark nightsbut also dark days.Who filled the worldwith… Continue reading
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O Antiphons: Branch
O come, thou Branch of Jesse's tree, free them from Satan's tyranny that trust thy mighty power to save, and give them victory o'er the grave. You come to free us.Oh, and there is so… Continue reading
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O Antiphons: Lord
O come, O come, thou Lord of might, who to thy tribes on Sinai's height, in ancient times didst give the law, in cloud, and majesty, and awe. Shrouded Mystery,Evolver of faith,at your approachbreathing ceases;I… Continue reading
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O Antiphons: Wisdom
O come, thou Wisdom from on high who orderest all things mightily; to us the path of knowledge show and leads us in her ways to go. Wisdom approaches,and I hope, with her arrival,to walk… Continue reading