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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: 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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On the Sixth Day of Christmas
If he's just arrived,isn't this when he needs us most–this neonate, this babe,so fragile, so absolutely dependent? Shouldn't we get the place ready,clean things up a bit,replace alienation with reconciliation,suspicion with trust,and greed with grace? He came in 2009,and we… Continue reading
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A Headline for the World
If, tomorrow morning, you had the opportunityto put your one, best line of adviceon the front page of every newspaper,or every website,across the globe,what would it be?If you could boil downto one two- to six-word headlinethe organzing concept of your… Continue reading
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The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 3
We yearn for your vision of wholenessto become our reality.Erase our pretended perimetersbetween this life and the next. We embrace the creation of Paradise–here, now–as our Greatest Commission. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading