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1 06 2019 12 01 00 am 0 comments labels christmas faith medieval baebes wise men monday december 31 2018 feast of mary mother of god posted by hank_f_m at 12 31 2018 11 59 00 pm 0 comments labels christmas faith mary happy new years posted by hank_f_m at 12 31 2018 07 32 00 pm 0 comments labels christmas faith medieval baebes monday december 24 2018 gaudete rejoice christ is born posted by hank_f_m at 12 24 2018 11 59 00 pm 0 comments labels advent christmas faith midiaeval baebes sunday december 23 2018 christmas eve awake mankind from a sermon of st augustine awake mankind for your sake god has become man awake you who sleep rise up from the dead and christ will enlighten you i tell you again for your sake god became man you would have suffered eternal death had he not been born in time never would you have been freed from sinful flesh had he not taken on himself the likeness of sinful flesh you would have suffered everlasting unhappiness had it not been for this mercy you would never have returned to life had he not shared your death you would have been lost if he had not hastened to your aid you would have perished had he not come let us then joyfully celebrate the coming of our salvation and redemption let us celebrate the festive day on which he who is the great and eternal day came from the great and endless day of eternity into our own short day of time he has become our justice our sanctification our redemption so that as it is written let him who glories glory in the lord truth then has arisen from the earth christ who said i am the truth was born of the virgin and justice looked down from heaven because believing in this new born child man is justified not by himself but by god truth has arisen from the earth because the word was made flesh and justice looked down from heaven because every good gift and every perfect gift is from above truth has arisen from the earth flesh from mary and justice looked down from heaven for man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven justified by faith let us be at peace with god for justice and peace have embraced one another through our lord jesus christ for truth has arisen from the earth through whom we have access to that grace in which we stand and our boast is in our hope of god s glory he does not say of our glory but of god s glory for justice has not come out of us but has looked down from heaven therefore he who glories let him glory not in himself but in the lord for this reason when our lord was born of the virgin the message of the angelic voices was glory to god in the highest and peace to men of good will for how could there be peace on earth unless truth has arisen from the earth that is unless christ were born of our flesh and he is our peace who made the two into one that we might be men of good will sweetly linked by the bond of unity let us then rejoice in this grace so that our glorying may bear witness to our good conscience by which we glory not in ourselves but in the lord that is why scripture says he is my glory the one who lifts up my head for what greater grace could god have made to dawn on us than to make his only son become the son of man so that a son of man might in his turn become son of god ask if this were merited ask for its reason for its justification and see whether you will find any other answer but sheer grace posted by hank_f_m at 12 23 2018 11 59 00 pm 0 comments labels advent christmas faith saints saturday december 22 2018 fourth sundayu of advent celibate christ s mass at mass and keep christ in christmas find a nearby mass here posted by hank_f_m at 12 22 2018 11 59 00 pm 0 comments labels advent christmas faith midiaeval baebes saturday december 15 2018 third sunday of advent posted by hank_f_m at 12 15 2018 09 35 00 pm 0 comments labels advent christmas faith gothard sisters peanuts saturday december 08 2018 second sunday of advent one of my favorite christmas carols is o come o come emmanuel the verses based on scripture describe the hope for which israel waited the coming of the messiah and which we share in the celebration of advent the monks of the early church and still today sing at vespers the song of mary in luke s gospel my soul magnifies the lord the antiphon that would be sung with it varies with the season and day the antiphons for 17th to the 23d of december date from at least the 9th century and were at some point collected in to a single hymn thomas aquinas is reputed to have provided a gregorian chant setting for them in the 19th century they were set to a french folk tune and given the chorus the antiphons december 17 o wisdom who came from the mouth of the most high reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly come and teach us the way of prudence amen o sapientia o wisdom proverbs 1 20 8 9 and i corinthians 1 30 december 18 o lord and ruler of the house of israel who appeared to moses in the flame of the burning bush and gave him the law on sinai come and redeem us with outstretched arms amen o adonai o lord and ruler of the house of israel exodus 3 micah 5 2 matthew 2 6 december 19 o root of jesse that stands for an ensign of the people before whom the kings keep silence and unto whom the gentiles shall make supplication come to deliver us and tarry not amen o radix jesse o root of jesse isaiah 11 10 romans 15 12 revelation 5 5 december 20 o key of david and sceptre of the house of israel who opens and no man shuts who shuts and no man opens come and bring forth the captive from his prison he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death amen o clavis david o key of david isaiah 22 22 revelation 3 7 december 21 o dawn of the east brightness of light eternal and sun of justice come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death amen o oriens o dawn of the east dayspring luke 1 78 79 malachi 4 2 december 22 o king of the gentiles and their desired one the cornerstone that makes both one come and deliver man whom you formed out of the dust of the earth amen o rex o king of the gentiles nations revelation 15 3 psalm 118 22 isaiah 28 16 matthew 21 42 mark 12 10 luke 20 17 acts 4 11 ephesians 2 20 i peter 2 6 december 23 o emmanuel god with us our king and lawgiver the expected of the nations and their saviour come to save us o lord our god amen o emmanuel o emmanuel isaiah 7 14 8 8 matthew 1 23 haggai 2 7 kjv turn up your speakers and enjoy posted by hank_f_m at 12 08 2018 10 01 00 pm 0 comments labels advent christmas faith midiaeval baebes sunday december 02 2018 advent he is coming we do not preach only one coming of christ but a second as well much more glorious than the first the first coming was marked by patience the second will bring the crown of a divine kingdom in general whatever relates to our lord jesus christ has two aspects there is a birth from god before the ages and a birth from a virgin at the fullness of time there is a hidden coming like that of rain on fleece and a coming before all eyes still in the future at the first coming he was wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger at his second coming he will be clothed in light as in a garment in the first coming he endured the cross despising the shame in the second coming he will be in glory escorted by an army of angels we look then beyond the first coming and await the second at the first coming we said blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord at the second we shall say it again we shall go out with the angels to meet the lord and cry out in adoration blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord the saviour will not come to be judged again but to judge those by whom he was judged at his own judgement he was silent then he will address those who committed the outrages against him when they crucified him and will remind them you did these things and i was silent his first coming was to fulfil his plan of love to teach men by gentle persuasion this time whether men like it or not they will be subjects of his kingdom by necessity the prophet malachi speaks of the two comings and the lord whom you seek will come suddenly to his temple that is one coming again he says of another coming look the lord almighty will come and who will endure the day of his entry or who will stand in his sight because he comes like a refiner s fire a fuller s herb and he will sit refining and cleansing these two comings are also referred to by paul in writing to titus the grace of god the saviour has appeared to all men instructing us to put aside impiety and worldly desires and live temperately uprightly and religiously in this present age waiting for the joyful hope the appearance of the glory of our great god and saviour jesus christ notice how he speaks of a first coming for which he gives thanks and a second the one we still await that is why the faith we profess has been handed on to you in these words he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father and he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end our lord jesus christ will therefore come from heaven he will come at the end of the world in glory at the last day for there will be an end to this world and the created world will be made new catechism st cyril of jerusalem cira 350 a d office of readings first sunday of advent second reading posted by hank_f_m at 12 02 2018 12 00 00 am 0 comments labels abortion advent christmas faith jesus christ tuesday october 23 2018 vote november 6th listen therefore o kings and understand learn o judges of the ends of the earth give ear you that rule over multitudes and boast of many nations for your dominion was given you from the lord and your sovereignty from the most high who will search out your works and inquire into your plans because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly nor keep the law nor walk according to the purpose of god he will come upon you terribly and swiftly because severe judgment falls on those in high places for the lowliest man may be pardoned in mercy but mighty men will be mightily tested for the lord of all will not stand in awe of any one nor show deference to greatness because he himself made both small and great and he takes thought for all alike but a strict inquiry is in store for the mighty to you then o monarchs my words are directed that you may learn wisdom and not transgress wisdom 6 1 9 it is nice to think of our leaders as the kings and judges especially when they are from a different political party and consider the wrath of god with unjust joy but this is a democracy and at least on election day we all are the kings and judges as servants of his kingdom will we rule rightly when we vote posted by hank_f_m at 10 23 2018 07 42 00 pm 0 comments sunday january 28 2018 tet 1968 50 years later a personal narrative the tet offensive occurred 50 years ago the year of the monkey nineteen sixty eight was a strange year first there was tet or vietnamese new years the occasion for the north vietnamese offensive then i was in the hospital for a week which was the week of the martin luther king riots i spent the week lying on my back watching the country burn down on tv then there was the democratic convention some said they would disrupt the convention the mayor said he was going to protect the right of people to peacefully hold a political convention it was clear that if you liked to bash in heads for fun or else have your head bashed that was the place to be i did not care for either so i stayed home generally it seemed like rioting was the recreation of choice that year around the world the tactics and method of the sixty eighters if not their stated goals seemed awfully brown shirtish there seemed to be general mood that year that things were bad and getting worse the year wasn t all bad i escaped graduated from high school and went to college the war at home this was the height of the viet nam war going to school in the morning right in front of our school bus was the navy ambulance bus taking casualties from the air station to the naval hospital i remember sitting on my parent s sofa watching the news not news of improvised explosive devices ieds and suicide idiots that everyone takes so seriously these days but regular armies with trained soldiers and manufactured explosive devices maneuvering divisions and engaging in major battles two hundred to three hundred us dead a week week in week out north viet nam was being bombed but apparently under so many restrictions it was almost useless there were negotiations about the shape of the peace table if there were ever real peace negotiations it seemed a dien bien phu ii was shaping up at khe shan a truce had been announced by both sides for the tet holiday the question being when and where the north vietnamese would violate it they violated it everywhere saigon hue dak to da nang pleiku all with enemy forces in the city the us embassy in saigon occupied the walled citadel of hue the old vietnamese imperial capital was lost news coming so fast you couldn t absorb it that week over seven hundred dead like nine eleven everyone was sitting glued to the tv watching the bad news unlike nine eleven no stories of dramatic escapes and heroic rescues on the third day the new york news teams got to viet nam to report what happened i remember watching walter cronkite in dirty wrinkled fatigues and a dented helmet reporting how serious things were if we actually survived this battle you knew the war was lost he repeated this in a tv special report a few weeks later statements by military press officers were ridiculed this was a shock wave the net effect of months of watching heavy fighting on television the staggering scope of the enemy attack along with a narrative that said we were defeated even if we survived this battle changed the mood of the country the next few years are only understandable when you realize we were in a state of national ongoing traumatic stress syndrome us and south vietnamese forces defended and attacked to no pattern we saw in the media the embassy was recaptured the battle of hue dragged on forever it was agreed to end the negotiations about negations and have negotiations on the same subjects as the negotiations about negotiations the war seemed to continue as before johnson stopped the bombing of north vietnam not for any gain but because he thought it would help win the 1968 election even so nixon won the 1968 election nixon invaded cambodia this resulted in riots in the us that culminated in the kent state incident next nixon invaded laos in 1972 north vietnamese tanks crossed the border to read the newspaper headlines or watch the tv news it seemed things were getting worse a keystone of nixon s policy was the vietnamization program of upgrading the south vietnamese army and tuning things over to the south vietnamese the media reported every problem and generally trashed the program a 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