11 Thursday Jul 2019
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Sublime divine mystery
see how my small mind grasps
and leaps, and lapses numb
struck dumb to fit describe what I cannot
circumscribe in thought, my
lot the merest inkling that
I cling to, hints you’ve bidden
hidden wondrously,
O mystery divine.
26 Wednesday Dec 2018
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Light has come!
The wondrous Word:
Prophets’ promise, life and Lord,
Master, Maker, divine stranger
With us, with us,
God-man swaddled in a manger.
Light has dawned!
In darkness shining,
Searing sin’s tendrils entwining
Souls in prisons shadowed—
Free finally
To walk in daylight hallowed.
Light has broken!
Brightly burning,
Light and life, returning
Days lost to the tomb—
All eternity
Bundled in the virgin’s womb.
Light has dawned!
Lift every voice,
Let men and seraphim rejoice;
From each and all, let praises swell
Abundantly,
Glad and glorious noel.
Light has come!
Come, holy light;
Pierce the blackness of my night.
Living one, abide in me
Ever anew—
Your advent my nativity.
27 Monday Aug 2018
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God of great things:
Mountains towering,
Raging seas,
Storms fearsome and overpowering,
Stars outflung,
Cosmic depths,
Music celestial spheres have sung.
God of great things,
Glorious,
Be forever praised.
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God of small things:
Little feet,
Grasping hands,
Little hearts serene and sweet,
Little voices,
Cheerful squeals,
Babbling tongues and precious noises,
God of small things,
Glorious,
Be forever praised.
20 Monday Mar 2017
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All glory to the Lord of light,
enthroned in radiance sublime;
Father, Son, and Spirit three,
one God throughout eternity
in ever-blessed Triunity;
all glory, Lord of space and time,
whose new dawn breaks through darkest night.
23 Monday May 2016
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All glory to our God Triune, Father, Spirit, Son
exalted beyond highest Heaven, blessed three-in-one.
Let Him receive the highest praise,
Let every loyal voice be raised,
Let songs resound uncounted days,
O Trinity all glorious, Father, Spirit, Son
