The Psalms of Advent, December 6, 2022 Psalm 21 is abundant with words seeking to be heard and treasured in the heart: rejoice, joy, desire, request, and love, as just a sampling: The king rejoices in your strength, LORD.How great is his joy in the victories you give!You have granted him his heart’s desireand haveContinueContinue reading “Tuesday, Advent Week 2: Presence”
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Sunday, Advent Week 2
The Psalms of Advent Over the last few days, we have listened together to Psalm 72, verses 1-7 and 18-19, the Advent psalm appointed for the liturgy of worship for this second Sunday in Advent. Below are links to two translations (the more formal and poetic New Revised Standard Version and the easier to readContinueContinue reading “Sunday, Advent Week 2”
Saturday, Advent Week 1: Sacred Reading
The Psalms of Advent, December 2, 2022 You are invited to light a candle and join me on this journey of reflecting on the psalms chosen for the Season of Advent, most recently Psalm 72, found here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2072&version=NRSVUE. A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I am not a scholar of the psalms. IContinueContinue reading “Saturday, Advent Week 1: Sacred Reading”
Thursday, Advent Week 1: Righteousness
The Psalms of Advent, Dec. 1, 2022 Today, you are invited to light a candle with me as we move to the third Psalm of Advent, Psalm 72, and reflect on verses 1-7, and 18-19. The entire psalm can be found here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2072%3A1-7%2CPsalm%2072%3A18-19&version=NRSVUE. Listen for a repetition in these verses, 1-3, and verse 7, beingContinueContinue reading “Thursday, Advent Week 1: Righteousness”
Wednesday, Advent 1: Humility
The Psalms of Advent You are invited to light a candle and join me in our final reflection on this particular Psalm of Advent, Psalm 124. Please sit with these verses: If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—let Israel now say—if it had not been the Lord who was onContinueContinue reading “Wednesday, Advent 1: Humility”
Tuesday, Advent 1: Waiting and Watching
The Psalms of Advent, November 29, 2022 An interesting, and perhaps intentional, aspect about the Psalms of Advent is that there are really only seven of them appointed for this season of preparation. When I first considered this blog, I assumed there would be a different psalm every day, but not so, according to theContinueContinue reading “Tuesday, Advent 1: Waiting and Watching”
Monday, Advent 1: Escape
The Psalms of Advent, Nov. 28, 2022 Please light a candle if you wish and join me in today’s meditation on the psalms designated for the four weeks of the Advent Season. How do I select these psalms? I am not pulling them out of the air, I promise. They are found in a formalizedContinueContinue reading “Monday, Advent 1: Escape”
Sunday, Advent 1: Peace
The Psalms of Advent I invite you to light a candle and join me on this first Sunday of Advent, as we wait with the psalms and listen for a word to guide us during this dark season of winter. We begin with the psalm appointed for today, Psalm 122, described as a “pilgrimage song,”ContinueContinue reading “Sunday, Advent 1: Peace”
The Psalms of Advent
“The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms . . .” George Santayana The Book of Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible is a collection of ancient Hebrew poem-songsContinueContinue reading “The Psalms of Advent”
O Antiphons ~ Emmanuel
O Emmanuel, you are our king and judge, the one whom the peoples await and their Savior. O come and save us, Lord, our God. Two days before Christmas, in this Advent season of waiting and longing, the seventh, and final, name for the Christ (or Light, or Love, if you prefer) proclaimed in theContinueContinue reading “O Antiphons ~ Emmanuel”
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