by Brian Volck | Dec 19, 2019 | Christmas, O Antiphon
O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem Gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations...
by Brian Volck | Dec 18, 2019 | Christmas, O Antiphon
O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,et ei in Sina legem dedisti:veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bushand gave him the law on...
by Brian Volck | Dec 17, 2019 | Christmas, O Antiphon
The “O Antiphons” begin: O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae. O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from one...
by Brian Volck | Dec 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Some thoughts from those wiser than I: “Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them. As the repository of something suprapersonal...
