Monday, December 21, 2015

Happy Winter Solstice!

Today is the shortest day of the year and the longest night.

Veni Veni Emmanuel by Mannheim Steamroller:


Dec 21:  Fourth Monday of Advent – O Rising Dawn (Dayspring)
Today is the fifth day of the O Antiphons sung at vespers (6pm).
It is the Sun, the Redeemer, whom we await.
"I am the light [the sun] of the world" (John 8:12).
Christ is the light of the world because of the faith which He has infused into souls. 

O come, O Dayspring (Rising Dawn), come and cheer
Our spirits by tine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.

Rejoice!  Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

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