Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
English: Christ is born.
Deutsch: Christi Geburt.
Artist: Lorenzo Lotto (1480–1556).
Date: 1523.
Current location: National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project:
10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.
DVD-ROM, 2002.
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"O Adonai".
The Great O Antiphon for 18 December.
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18 December: Exodus iii. 2, xx. 1.
O Adonai,
et dux domus Israel,
qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimentum nos in brachio extento.
O Adonai,
and Leader of The House of Israel,
who didst appear to Moses in the flame of
the burning bush,
and didst give unto him The Law on Sinai:
come and with an outstretched arm redeem us.
V. Rorate.
“Rorate cæli desuper, et nubes pluant justium . . .”
“Ye Heavens, drop down from above,
and let the clouds rain down The Just One.”
“Like the whole liturgy of the season, the purpose of the Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent is to prepare us for the twofold coming of Christ: His coming in mercy Christmas, and in justice at the end of the world.”—Commentary, 4th Sunday of Advent, Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, OSB, “The Saint Andrew Missal.”
ReplyDeleteAnd, amazingly, just as Napoleon said that Christ was the greatest figure in history because (said Napoleon) Christ conquered the whole world with no military means, yet at Christmas, Christ conquers at least much of the world, even today, with mercy and in peace. -Note by Dante P.
Your welcome Comments are spot on, Dante P. Thank You.
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