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Study of Winslow Homer</h3>
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At this art class we studied the watercolor paintings of Winslow Homer. We noticed how he loved to paint boats tossed about on dramatic seas in stormy weather. We took inspiration from the painting below to paint our seascapes and boats. The children learned some new water color techniques of layering colors and of dabbing color off with a sponge for the clouds. Finally we added tissue paper to make the sails of the boats. The kids all enjoyed their finished results.<br />
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This is a small sampling of the lovely paintings that the children produced.....<br />
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Study of Famous Painter - Edward Degas</h3>
In this Art Class we studied the paintings of Edward Degas. We looked at his numerous paintings focused on Dancers and noticed that he used an impresionist style of painting with broad brush strokes. I showed the children how they too could use broad brush strokes with watercolor as they painted coffee filters to use as skirst and used broad brush strokes to create a festive background.<br />
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Here are a few close- up samples of their work.....<br />
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The kids had a lot of fun making their dancers. Look how happy they are with their paintings....<br />
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-80283846024970559852016-05-01T13:00:00.004-07:002016-05-01T18:03:43.648-07:00Home School Art Class ----Grades 4 through 6 <h3>
<span style="text-align: center;">Study of Famous Painter - Mary Cassat</span></h3>
<span style="text-align: center;">In this class we studied Mary Cassatt and took some time to discuss her life as well as to view several of her famous paintings. We noticed that women and children were her favorite subjects. Our model painting for this class is the Boating Party (see below). </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">We noticed her bold use of color and how the lines of this painting draw the eye to the main focus which is the mother and her baby. Then we took time to carefully draw out our painting. We discussed the drawing technique of treating all the shapes in this painting like a jigsaw puzzle that need to fit together to make a whole. I showed the class how to check angles of the lines as well as other techniques to check proportion of the lines they draw. After our drawing was complete we painted the lightest colors first and worked our way up to the darkest colors....with some discussion of how to properly mix very light colors by starting with white paint on the pallet and adding the smallest amount of pigment to get the light shade.. The children followed the direction very carefully and achieved fantastic results. I am so proud of their work!</span><br />
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The children in this class were Grades 4 to 6th grade. <br />
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-38287177247352972882011-05-13T20:18:00.001-07:002011-05-13T20:18:45.808-07:00A day to celebrateThe co-op year drew officially to a close with a Field Day this past Wednesday. It was a gorgeous day to get together with friends and celebrate. The kids were divided into color teams and participated in a few relay races. I tried to capture all of the races to some extent - as much as my side kicks Fiona and Roman would allow.<br />
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Since the kids really seemed to take to the formula of story + coloring/cutting characters + retelling the story, I decided to stick with it again this week for a rendition of Jonah and the Whale.<br />
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We read <a href="http://store.crossmap.com/products/ChristianBook/the-story-of-jonah-board-book/60557.htm">The Story of Jonah</a> by Nadine Wickenden which proved to be a good counterpoint to the Annunciation story from last week. When Jonah says no to God, we paused to discuss whether that was a good choice and contrasted that choice with Mary's choice to say yes. Then the kids colored and cut out pictures of Jonah, the whale and the boat that I had free handed based on the illustrations in the book and copied onto card stock and construction paper. <br />
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I had hoped to emphasize the three days in the fish and mention the three days that Jesus spent with the dead which he foretold as the "sign of Jonah," but time ran short. I'm sure that idea will come another day. <br />
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The kids seemed to enjoy it again, and I know that around my house at least Jonah is regularly being swallowed by the whale. <br />
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In case you want to use them, you can save and print them letter sized.<br />
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The above art work is a sampling of what the students in my beginning watercolor class during our weekly Home School Coop. I think the kids are doing awesome work. Great job class! ---M MulloyMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-87053350277862393682011-03-09T13:04:00.000-08:002011-03-21T17:18:05.745-07:00Online Art Show ---Autumn Inspirations<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>A sampling of some of the fine watercolors produced by our kids at a Beginning Watercolor class at Co-op! Teacher: M. MulloyMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-73640000992911539172011-02-13T04:29:00.000-08:002011-02-13T04:29:06.395-08:00Prayer Prints to Help Kids Learn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57413981@N07/5436409657/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="P1040761 by mountainmi, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040761" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5436409657_7d8359f3f1.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
We recently did the Image of God Kindergarten lesson on prayer. While Blaise has known her prayers for a long time, I took the opportunity to hang up the <a href="http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/Religion/HolyCardsAndPrints/LordsPrayerPrints/product_info.html">Our Father</a> prints in the dining room. We moved from picture to picture (Roman joined in, too) saying the words of the prayer and discussing what the words meant. The kids loved this so much that I hung up our <a href="http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/Religion/HolyCardsAndPrints/HailMaryPrints/product_info.html">Hail Mary</a> pints on another wall, and we repeated the process.</div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Having these hanging up is a wonderful way for the kids to learn the prayers and encourages them to pray on their own as well. I've seen Blaise walking along the prayers numerous times, singing the prayers to herself. Roman likes to walk along and inspect the pictures and within a week he added the Our Father to his prayer repertoire and actually joined in at Mass last week! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div>During Lent last year, I hung up the <a href="http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/Religion/HolyCardsAndPrints/StationsofCrossPrints/product_info.html">Stations of the Cross</a> prints, and we walk those at home together. I've found some good books to go along with them, and I'll post about those another time. <br />
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I also have the <a href="http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/MysteriesoftheRosaryPrints/product_info.html">Rosary prints</a>...I haven't displayed those yet, but what I would like to do is mount each of them to a sturdy board and as we (someday) do a daily rosary hang up each mystery as we meditate upon it. I am also planning on knitting up roses to use with the rosary. I have a bunch of other rosary ideas that I'll collect in another post sometime.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710483136941206656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-22762449636840012082011-02-12T13:22:00.000-08:002011-02-12T13:30:00.129-08:00Welcome Tatiana!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fowlkes/5439782188/" title="tatianap01 by Lori Elizabeth, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5439782188_3f3efa658a.jpg" width="293" height="500" alt="tatianap01" /></a>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12188817239994717312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-72531793566069582582011-02-12T04:08:00.001-08:002011-02-12T04:08:47.399-08:00Catholic Children's MusicReading Sarah's <a href="http://theclayrosarygirl.blogspot.com/2011/01/song-and-dance-program-for-kids.html">post</a> reminded me of how much we loved our music time. When Blaise was little, I took her to a <a href="http://www.musictogether.com/">Music Together</a> class that we both loved. She really got into the music there and actually took her first steps while absorbed in a song and forgetting that she didn't know how. Having three kids, definitely puts the class out of our budget these days, but I did buy the <a href="http://www.makingmusicprayingtwice.com/">Making Music Praying Twice Curriculum</a> at the <a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/">IHM Conference</a> last year. MMP2 is musically very similar to Music Together and includes a number of Catholic hymns as well. The teacher's guide tells you everything that you need to know about the songs and musical development in children. In the beginning of this school year, I tried doing the daily lesson but wasn't successful at the time. I think that we'll try to restart the lessons in the future...maybe in the spring or with the Lenten season. We really loved the songs on the Fall Ordinary Time CD, and Blaise was singing the Magnificat in better Latin then I will ever muster. <br />
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These days, we've started listening to the <a href="http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/Electives/Music/KidsSingforJesus/product_info.html">Kids Sing for Jesus</a> CD by the Rennas after breakfast while I have my cup(s) of coffee and the kids are still in their pajamas. It's a great way to start the day! I've tried to capture the pure joy Fiona exudes when I turn on that CD, but a picture doesn't do justice. She gets a huge smile on her face, starts bouncing on her knees, squeals and looks for a shaky egg to shake along with the music. All of the kids like the music (so do I!) and sing along. I think it has really helped Roman learn his prayers, as he loves music so much. He loves to sing the Hail Mary and the Guardian Angel prayer. I highly recommend this CD. <br />
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Speaking of Catholic children's music...I have to mention my favorite from my childhood which I'm lucky enough to get to share with my kids...the Hi, God! Series. The <a href="http://www.ocp.org/products/5917">first</a> and <a href="http://www.ocp.org/products/5918">second</a> CDs are my favorites as they are the ones I listened to constantly as a kid, but <a href="http://www.ocp.org/products/5919">three</a> and <a href="http://www.ocp.org/products/10085">four</a> have grown on me as Blaise requests listening to them repeatedly.<br />
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We have a number of musical instruments that the kids like to play along with the music. Shaky eggs by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0025V15H4?ie=UTF8&tag=sacrammoment-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0025V15H4">Latin Percussion </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sacrammoment-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0025V15H4" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />are perennial favorites, and Roman picked out a set of <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=145517">mini hand bells</a> at Hobby Lobby with some Christmas money this past year. The hand bells aren't going to last forever, but they do have surprisingly good tone. The Latin Percussion shakers are expensive, but I would say that they are definitely worth it - I've seen them online for sale in <a href="http://stores.littlelovees.com/-strse-210/Eggs,-shakers,-bulk,-children,/Detail.bok">bulk</a> and would be a good idea to purchase as a home school group. We've also found a number of random musical instruments at World Market and Homegoods. <br />
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I also made a number of dancing scarves for the kids. I simply took "floaty" fabrics and sewed a double fold hem all the way around. The kids like to dance around with them and use them for many other purposes besides music time.<br />
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What's your favorite music to share with the kids?Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710483136941206656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-67872445221945411092011-01-24T19:24:00.001-08:002011-01-24T19:24:52.752-08:00A Fun Way to Start (and End) the DayIn the duldroms of winter, there is only one thing that works better than Vitamin D for keeping my spirits up: watching my children dance around the floor. No matter what mood I'm in, they always will brighten my day when they start moving and grooving! Who can't hold in a smile when they see an innocent child's total abandonment to rhythm? Even the Mother of God was distracted by the sight of children dancing at one of her visits to Kibeho. This piece taken from <i>Our Lady of Kibeho</i> may seem a little off color to some who may think that holiness means "other worldly". Being a saint doesn't make a person<i> barely</i> human- it make them <i>fully</i> human- the way God intended us to be. (I paraphrased the parts that are not in quotations)<br />
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<blockquote>During one of Marie Claire's visions of Our Lady, she asks Mary why she is not looking at her. Her response: "My Child, I am sorry. I was distracted watching all my lovely children who are dancing and singing so beautifully to me. I love when my children play with me so innocently. Marie Claire asks if she can see what her classmates are doing. "I instantly saw my schoolmates dancing and singing in front of me and and that the Blessed Mother had joined them. They couldn't see her, but she was indeed standing in the middle of the singing girls, smiling at them warmly and holding her hands out to them, accepting their gift of music and dance. She was very, very, happy"</blockquote><br />
One of our daily home school routines is to dance and sing and play instruments to the songs from <i>Making Music Praying Twice</i>, <a href="http://www.makingmusicprayingtwice.com/">available here</a>. This effortless music program is by far the best homeschooling purchase I have made. My kids agree whole heartily! See for yourself:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The bell" is Analee's 'go to' move for all the slow songs. Ding dong!</td></tr>
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One of the best things about the CD is the variety of music. For one, there are five different CD's that coincide with the different parts the liturgical year. Gotta love a CD that enforces Catholic seasons! There are songs for prayer, classical music with a twist, folk music from around the world, and a few traditional nursery rhyme songs. For the most part, I don't mind these songs getting stuck in my head all day- which says A LOT for a kid's CD.<br />
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The CD's are supposed to teach a variety of music skills when used in the right way. I can't say we go through the instructional method very well because the kids just love to run around and dance too much! Oh well, even if they don't always sing along to music, I know they are learning the songs because they will sing them long after the CD is done.<br />
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This program would be great even for families who don't home school. Just putting the CD in and listening to the prayerful and fun songs make for one very happy hour. Sarah Harkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064673794877417232noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-64421312558535466272011-01-05T16:50:00.000-08:002011-01-05T16:50:42.958-08:00We Nine KingsAfter reading "The First Christmas Gifts" from <u>The Catholic Children's Treasure Box</u>, the four year olds at co-op got to bejewel their very own crown. They all wanted to give Baby Jesus their very own gift of love. <br />
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The crowns are made of felt and loosely based on a pattern that I found <a href="http://balancingeverything.com/2008/04/30/waldorf-like-felt-crown-tutorial/">here</a>....Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710483136941206656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-59459354653807920322010-12-31T11:32:00.000-08:002010-12-31T11:34:13.152-08:00Happy Baptism baby Jos Muggeridge!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fowlkes/5216980488/" title="biggerhat by Lori Elizabeth, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5216980488_b7e94d3bb5.jpg" width="500" height="444" alt="biggerhat" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fowlkes/5309867239/" title="josbaptismd3-5617 by Lori Elizabeth, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5309867239_af2a3b896e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="josbaptismd3-5617" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fowlkes/5309874011/" title="josbaptismd3-5649-2 by Lori Elizabeth, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5309874011_424d9cff0b.jpg" width="500" height="343" alt="josbaptismd3-5649-2" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fowlkes/5310448816/" title="josbaptism-8242 by Lori Elizabeth, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5310448816_572253681a.jpg" width="500" height="345" alt="josbaptism-8242" /></a>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12188817239994717312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-31090176539031414562010-12-30T13:46:00.000-08:002010-12-30T13:47:22.076-08:00Fun (and teachable-moment) reading for tweens/teens<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We are big readers around here, but sometimes it's hard to find a good series for the kids to read that will teach the good, the true and the beautiful. I've been reviewing chapter books (reading levels of 4th thru early high school) and thought I'd post some of the better titles of books your tweens/teens might enjoy.</div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0923568921?ie=UTF8&tag=stathanablog-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0923568921">Olivia and the Little Way</a></em></strong> and the just-released sequel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0923568999?ie=UTF8&tag=stathanablog-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0923568999"><strong><em>Olivia's Gift</em></strong></a>, tell the story of a girl named Olivia and her family and how her relationship with God and her Catholic faith are enriched as she learns more and more about St. Therese of Lisieux. These books teach without being preachy; and the situations are real -- moving to a new place and trying to make friends, adverse effects of caving to peer pressure or trying to mold yourself to "fit in", understanding what is really important (and it's not the $50 sweatshirt or owning a large house). This is a very Catholic book with lovely depictions of the graces received from the Sacraments. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In the first book, Olivia is a 10-year-old who has to move to another state and make all new friends; the sequel has Olivia at 12 visiting a North Carolina beach with her family and her best friend Hayley. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">For the boys:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1NenvT17INWDx37AA0UNnxygjT5egykJFkrY18ih2-EWFkk-thPuwtTtH9gaEJwmVqChfWlGIF_5A_mcqUhw3-aRT8YJdrxOLibrdToHrnuhbA2QWokcmU2tnrX69ShDAF1657o7bjnX/s1600/Knights+of+Arrethtrae.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1NenvT17INWDx37AA0UNnxygjT5egykJFkrY18ih2-EWFkk-thPuwtTtH9gaEJwmVqChfWlGIF_5A_mcqUhw3-aRT8YJdrxOLibrdToHrnuhbA2QWokcmU2tnrX69ShDAF1657o7bjnX/s320/Knights+of+Arrethtrae.gif" width="320" /></a>The series, Knights of Arretthrae, by former F-16 pilot and Christian dad Chuck Black, are an exceptional series for the boys. There are six books in the series, but each book is its own story so your boys can read them in any order and not lose anything. The stories have a very Christian (Black is an active evangelical Christian) flavor and are allegories of the Scriptures.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The fictional land of Arrethtrae is experiencing the battle between good and evil, between Lucius and his minions and the King/Prince and their army. Each book deals with a different virture/vice and aims to teach the reader what can happen if you cave to the vice instead of practicing the virture. For instance, in the first book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601421249?ie=UTF8&tag=stathanablog-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1601421249"><strong><em>Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione</em></strong></a>, the virtue shown is fortitude even in the face of death while in the fifth book, <strong><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601421281?ie=UTF8&tag=stathanablog-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1601421281">Sir Quinlan and the Swords of Valor</a></em></strong>, the virtue shown is temperance and the dangers of apathy. The last book, <strong><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160142129X?ie=UTF8&tag=stathanablog-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=160142129X">Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest</a></em></strong>, is an end-of-time when the Prince comes to separate His followers from those who decided not to believe. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Each book concludes with chapter questions so these books make for great "school reading" that teaches as well as entertains. Tween/teen boys would enjoy these books that are filled with amazing battle scenes, strategies and well-drawn characters. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">For the mystery-lovers: if you think GK Chesterton is a bit heady yet for your students, you can always give them Nancy Carpentier Brown's Father Brown readers, retellings of Chesterton's wonderful mysteries with protagonist Father Brown. The first, <strong><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976638673?ie=UTF8&tag=stathanablog-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0976638673">The Father Brown Reader</a></em></strong>, includes wonderful retellings of "The Blue Cross," "The Strange Feet," "The Flying Stars," and "The Absence of Mr. Glass." Brown does a great job of retelling without ruining, of keeping the flavor but making the stories accessible to a younger audience. The second book, <strong><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979846935?ie=UTF8&tag=stathanablog-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0979846935">The Father Brown Reader II: More Stories from Chesterton</a></em></strong>, include stories which are a bit heavier (with actual murders) but are well-worth reading: "The Invisible Man", "The Mirror of the Magistrate", "The Eye of Apollo" and "The Perishing of the Pendragons". These readers have lovely illustrations by Ted Schluenderfritz, a homeschooling dad who does marvelous sketches!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<b>Holy Innocents</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sleep, little Baby, sleep, <br />
The holy Angels love thee, <br />
And guard thy bed, and keep <br />
A blessed watch above thee. <br />
No spirit can come near <br />
Nor evil beast to harm thee: <br />
Sleep, Sweet, devoid of fear <br />
Where nothing need alarm thee. <br />
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The Love which doth not sleep, <br />
The eternal arms around thee: <br />
The shepherd of the sheep <br />
In perfect love has found thee. <br />
Sleep through the holy night, <br />
Christ-kept from snare and sorrow, <br />
Until thou wake to light <br />
And love and warmth to-morrow.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by Christina Georgina Rossetti</span></b></div><br />
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</span></b>Father, the Holy Innocents offered you praise by the death they suffered for Christ. May our lives bear witness to the faith we profess with our lips. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Arial; font-size: x-small;">from the <i>Directory of Popular Piety and the Liturgy</i>: The Feast of the Holy Innocents</span><br />
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<cite><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Arial;"> No. 21 Scenes from the Life of Christ</span></cite><br />
<cite><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Arial;"> Massacre of the Innocents</span></cite><br />
<cite><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Arial;"> 1304-06 -- Fresco</span></cite></div></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-8926349238176063392010-12-24T08:36:00.001-08:002010-12-24T08:36:42.360-08:00Vision of the NativitySt. Luke's Gospel doesn't give us very many details about what really happened on that Holy Night when Jesus was born. It's always left me wondering how exactly Mary had Jesus and what her and Joseph felt. I mean, the birth of a baby with all it's labor, pain, and bodily fluids and not a very picturesque way for God to make His appearance on earth. And how was Jesus as a baby? Did He know that He was God even as a baby? Was he different than any other baby? These things have always made me wonder until recently, I read the most beautiful description of that Holy Night from a vision of St. Bridget of Sweden. This is from an alphabet book of saints called, <i>To See the Little Jesus! To See His Blessed Mother!</i> (Available for purchase <a href="http://www.moscompany.com/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=5000725&showprevnext=1">here</a>). When I read aloud this excerpt to my son on the day we did the letter B, for St. Bridget, I had to stop reading because it was so moving. <br />
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The background story is that St. Bridget of Sweden makes a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. When she reaches the place where Jesus was born, she kneels down to kiss the silver star (a star that marks the spot where Jesus was born). This is when the room disappears and she has this vision:<br />
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<blockquote>"When all things were now ready, the Maiden knelt down with great awe and began to pray. She turned Her back to the manger, but lifted Her face towards Heaven and looked to the East. And with hands uplifted and Her eyes towards Heaven she knelt without moving, wrapped in divine sweetness.<br />
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While She was thus absorbed in prayer, I saw That which was in Her womb move, and in a moment She gave birth to Her Son. [on other accounts of her vision, I've read that St. Bridget saw a light pass through her womb at the moment Jesus was born. He lay on the ground pure and clean, free of any soil].<br />
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And so much light went from Him that the taper in the stone wall no longer gave any light...<br />
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But when the Maiden felt that She delivered, She bent Her head and folded Her hands, and with great awe She adored the Child and said to Him: 'Welcome, my God, my Lord, and my Son!"<br />
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Then the boy wept and trembled with cold on the hard floor, and stretched out His little hands to His Mother, and She took Him up and laid His cheek against Hers and Him to her breast with joy and great compassion.<br />
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And She sat down on the floor and laid Him on Her knees and began to swathe Him first with the linen cloths and then with the woolen pieces, and at last, wound the whole about His little body, legs and arms in one swaddling cloth, and swathed His head in the two woolen pieces that She had brought with Her.<br />
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St. Joseph threw himself upon his knees, adoring the Child and weeping for joy. And in the Virgin there was no weakness as in other women when they are delivered. She stood up with the Child in Her arms, and She and Joseph laid Him in the manger and adored Him with great joy. And then I heard wonderful sweet singing of many Angels. </blockquote><br />
There are so many things to ponder in this vision, but the thing that really strikes me the sublime holiness and deep adoration of Mary toward her baby, Jesus. She has a full understanding of how He can be her God and baby and the same time. It's an amazing and beautiful thing to behold. <br />
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May God give us the gift of Mary's understanding and faith this Christmas.<br />
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Have a Blessed Christmas!Sarah Harkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064673794877417232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-23596996424760508732010-12-24T07:14:00.001-08:002010-12-24T07:14:50.024-08:00O Emmanuel<span style="color: black;">Latin:</span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">English:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver of us,</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">the hope of the nations and Saviour of them:</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">Come and save us, O Lord, God of us.</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Well, we are finally at the last 'O Antiphon' and the last liturgical day of Advent. Notice that this antiphon begins like that Hymn that I gave yesterday. I did not want to reveal the letter for the last antiphon, but in order that you could sing the song, I had to give that familiar verse. I recommend that you add the first verse again at the end if you sing the song at home to celebrate the 'O Antiphons'.</span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">O Emmanuel: this is a fitting final title because of the prophecy (which you are familiar with in Matthew) which uses this name and because of the meaning of the name. You may not be familiar with the original prophecy, where Isaiah was sent to meet King Achaz in the way:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">Is. 7:10 And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying: 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above. </span></i><span style="color: black;"> <i>12 And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord. </i> <i>13 And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. 15 He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Modern scripture scholars say that all prophecies are of events current to the prophet's life. The idea being to explain away any miraculous happenings and so fit the interpretation of the Bible into the mold of modern science. Modern science seems to have as a principle that the possibility of a God is not to be considered, even as part of a hypothesis. And so they say that the word virgin really just refers to a young woman -- because otherwise we would have a miracle -- and that the woman was already pregnant -- because otherwise the prophecy itself would be a miracle of predicting the future. These people have no faith and their ability to read scripture even without faith is less than scientific, because they are not willing to consider the possibility of miracles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The very context suggests that this is not what the prophet is saying; "<i>Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above." </i>Would a young married woman having a baby be a sign <i>"either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above?" </i>How can this be the sign which the prophet is about to foretell?<i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Besides what an embarrassing turn of phrase would it be to call the woman a "virgin" when the specific meaning was just a young woman.<i> </i>If she was married she would not be old enough to pass over the term virgin to be called a wife/woman. (Many ancient languages did not distinguish between wife and woman.) It was not Isaiah's style to make egregious grammatical errors for the sake of a trick. It would be incorrect to refer to a married woman with a word for young women, which word also means virgin. A different term for young women would have to be used. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The evoking of this prophesy in our minds by the word 'Emmanuel' on this last day is appropriate because it concretely describes what is to take place in just a short time: "A virgin shall conceive and bear a son." It is also a name very directly attributed to Him - "His name shall be called Emmanuel." How wonderful it is that we, in praying this antiphon, fulfill the prophesy ourselves.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Finally, this is an appropriate final title because of the meaning of Emmanuel. You will notice the "el" at the end of Emmanuel. This happens frequently like in the name Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Israel, and Ishmael. The word is added to the ends of Hebrew names and actually means 'God'. So for example Michael means: "Who is like God". Emmanuel means: "God with us." As so it is for the final 'O Antiphon' where we profess most clearly that Christ is God. And at the end of the antiphon we pray for our most basic and universal want, "save us." We punctuate the antiphons with an out and out profession for the sake of more merit, one final name: "Our Lord and God."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">And now for the code: with the final word Emmanuel we have an 'E' which gives us: "Ero Cras." Now some of you may have looked up or already know that Cras means tomorrow. Ero is future verb and means: "I will come". So the phrase is: "I will come tomorrow." This secret phrase exhilarates us with expectation. It is repeated in many different ways all morning and afternoon before first Christmas Vespers in the verses and antiphons :</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">(The Invitatory at Matins</span></i><span style="color: black;">:) "This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh * and in the morning, then ye shall see His glory. <i>(Verses at Matins and Antiphon throughout the day:) </i>Sanctify yourselves to-day, and be ready for on the morrow ye shall see * The majesty of God upon you. Stand still, and ye shall see the help of the Lord with you O Judah and Jerusalem, fear not.* To-morrow ye shall go out, and the Lord will be with you. On the morrow the sins of the earth shall be washed away, and the Saviour of the world will be our King. On the morrow * ye shall be saved, saith the Lord God of hosts. <i>(Antiphon of the Canticle of Simeon at Lauds:</i>) <b>Rise,</b> he shall, * like the sun, the Savior of the world, and <b>come</b> down into the womb of the Virgin as the showers upon the grass. Alleluia. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The prayer for the Vigil of Christmas is a prayer especially for all who have made a journey through the stations of the 'O Antiphons'. God Bless you all. I will end with the prayer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black;">God, who gladden us by <b>the annual expectation</b> of our redemption, grant that we who now joyfully welcome thy Only-begotten Son as our Redeemer, may also, without fear, behold him coming as our Judge.</span></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-65465082554275659972010-12-22T19:33:00.000-08:002010-12-22T19:33:17.360-08:00O King of Nations<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are almost done, so now we need to prepare for the final antiphon. Remember that<span style="color: #bf005f;"> </span>Vespers on the 23rd begins the liturgy for the next day, the Vigil of Christmas. The next Vespers will be part of the last liturgical day before Christmas. For those of you who do not sing Vespers or the "O Antiphons" there is a poor man's version of the Antiphons. For those of you who cannot sing the 'O Antiphons', here are the lyrics to a song you can sing:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #af0000;">VENI</span><span style="color: black;"> veni, Emmanuel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">captivum solve Israel,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">qui gemit in exsilio,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">privatus Dei Filio.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">R: Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">nascetur pro te Israel!</span></div></td> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #af0000;">O COME</span><span style="color: black;">, O come, Emmanuel,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and ransom captive Israel,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">that morns in lonely exile here</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">until the Son of God appear.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">R: Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">to thee shall come Emmanuel!</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">Veni, O Sapi-en-ti-a,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">quae hic disponis omnia,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">veni, viam prudentiae</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">ut doceas et gloriae. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">O come, Thou Wisdom, from on high,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and order all things far and nigh;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">to us the path of knowledge show,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and teach us in her ways to go. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">Veni, veni, Adona-i,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">qui populo in Sinai</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">legem dedisti vertice</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">in maiestate gloriae. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">O come, o come, Thou Lord of might,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">who to thy tribes on Sinai's height</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">in ancient times did give the law,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">in cloud, and majesty, and awe. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">Veni, O Iesse virgula,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">ex hostis tuos ungula,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">de spectu tuos tartari</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">educ et antro barathri. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">O come, Thou Rod of Jesse's stem,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">from ev'ry foe deliver them</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">that trust Thy mighty power to save,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and give them vict'ry o'er the grave. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">Veni, Clavis Davidica,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">regna reclude caelica,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">fac iter tutum superum,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">et claude vias inferum. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">O come, Thou Key of David, come,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and open wide our heav'nly home,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">make safe the way that leads on high,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">that we no more have cause to sigh. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">Veni, veni O Oriens,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">solare nos adveniens,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">noctis depelle nebulas,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">dirasque mortis tenebras. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">O come, Thou Dayspring from on high,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">disperse the gloomy clouds of night</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and death's dark shadow put to flight. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">Veni, veni, Rex Gentium,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">veni, Redemptor omnium,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">ut salvas tuos famulos</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">peccati sibi conscios. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 6pt; width: 48%;" valign="top" width="48%"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">O come, Desire of the nations, bind</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">in one the hearts of all mankind;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">bid every strife and quarrel cease</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">and fill the world with heaven's peace. <b>R.</b></span></div></td> </tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I will not give you the last verse. I hope you see how verses 2-7 correspond with the 'O Antiphons'. Unfortunately, in this version the Holy Names are not preserved exactly and the O's are sometimes missing. The meaning of the verses stray as well. Some new biblical allusions have been added, but all in all they are not the 'O Antiphons'. I do not know what the author was thinking when he changed Radix to Virgula (Little shoot), thus destroying the code. Perhaps more people will bypass this song to sing the ancient and more precise one:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">Lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">veni, et salva hominem,</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">quem de limo formasti.</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">English:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">O King of the nations, and desire of them,</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">the cornerstone, who make both one:</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">Come and save man,</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black;">which you formed from slime.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOWiU5xraVi51JNb6hON3VsabhSu_RbWdt7Mci_Xn5pDUOPiCeSRW-0loYfQHPsDgGXhKKVqYTae8Wts1PuBRZaXCf9RXMyQX2DCOBdmuBzsFlJ_FnChz6-j8RIj5Z1cDFnsYLjj_W90/s1600/OAntiphons6.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOWiU5xraVi51JNb6hON3VsabhSu_RbWdt7Mci_Xn5pDUOPiCeSRW-0loYfQHPsDgGXhKKVqYTae8Wts1PuBRZaXCf9RXMyQX2DCOBdmuBzsFlJ_FnChz6-j8RIj5Z1cDFnsYLjj_W90/s320/OAntiphons6.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06VstHip9a9SGMqkuo-UBFX3mWpavRa1Czs_htei-dZVwtHxRd70w0au4vD-uYdIqscELrOP5b5iwpyvsgFAFsx3r34sfWLnNJYpBGXPg2DDskvpQd4FiefPgK-3rQ1EPcKPOQDy6EsA/s1600/OAntiphons6.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"></span></a>In Ephesians, St. Paul tells the Gentiles that although they were far from God and unaware of the promise known to Israel, Christ has brought them close. Paul then says, "For He is our peace, who hath made both one." Christ as a King unites both the Jews and the Gentiles into one faith. So Christ as a King unites, but not by compromise with injustice. He brings true order as St. Paul says, "He is our peace." S</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 9.5pt;">o Christ is really the "Desire of the nations." For what does a nation that is any good desire for itself but peace? This is the highest good within the power of a nation to obtain.</span></span><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The Cornerstone is a familiar name of Christ as is the passage from Psalm 117:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">"The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">This phrase is spoken in scripture three times, by the three great kings: here in the Psalms, David first says it, but then it is repeated by Christ himself and then Peter, the first Pope. Catholics today sound like Protestants when it comes to talking about Christ's kingship. Yes, Christ reigns in a special way over the hearts of the faithful, but his power would be stunted, if this was all. "Even the storms and winds obey him." Christ is not only King over the church, but is truly King of all nations. We should not be ashamed of this, but remember what follows in Psalm 117: "This is the Lord's doing: and it is wonderful in our eyes." We should be careful that we are not among those who reject the Cornerstone. Many Catholics today have contributed to the marginalization of Christ in their lives and society.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In the prayer we ask Christ to save us, recognizing His work of forming us from slime. We then have two natural ways in which Christ prepares us for salvation, both by the forming our nature and forming society. Let us not forget that our body and the political body are important for our salvation. Inopportune sickness in either can have a detrimental effect on the salvation of men. Christ as King sees to the health of things in so far as they help to save men. Truly wonderful is the salvation which he prepared for us. Again let us earnestly ask for it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">So now we have the second letter which gives us: "_ro Cras." You will know the answer tomorrow and perhaps be a little bit more prepared for Christmas.</span></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-66603748996782344012010-12-21T16:13:00.001-08:002010-12-21T16:14:17.367-08:00O Rising Sun - Dec 21<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Latin:</span></div><dl style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><dd><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>O Oriens,</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.</i></span></dd></dl><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">English:</span></div><dl style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><dd><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>O Rising,</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Come and enlighten those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death.</i></span></dd></dl><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73wig65rTnRh6h_I1d0ijv4MDWvM3X7MBA6fw_f_6JPjyi-K4sxHZZlBL9mEwLAvMZqciC5d_89bxL7bNgXz4WcxD9wrvOof7_AiY8M9L1H6ftkQxB_9j74NMde7Z9vgql9CmL18z6pw/s1600/OAntiphons5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73wig65rTnRh6h_I1d0ijv4MDWvM3X7MBA6fw_f_6JPjyi-K4sxHZZlBL9mEwLAvMZqciC5d_89bxL7bNgXz4WcxD9wrvOof7_AiY8M9L1H6ftkQxB_9j74NMde7Z9vgql9CmL18z6pw/s320/OAntiphons5.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The 'O Antiphons' are sung before and after the Magnificat which is sung at Vespers. The Magnificat is one of the three great gospel canticles sung every day during the office of the whole church. The canticle of Zachariah is sung at Lauds and the canticle of Simeon is sung at Compline.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other canticles from the Old Testament are sung with the psalms at Lauds. Canticles are prays of praise; many were sung after a great event of God's mercy: </span><span style="font-size: medium;">for example the Canticles of Tobias, Ezechiel, Judith, Anna, Moses and </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the three children</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. Tobias sang a canticle after the Angel Raphael revealed himself. Ezechial wrote after he was cured and God had the sun go back ten steps, the three children </span><span style="font-size: medium;">sang </span><span style="font-size: medium;">when God delivered them from the furnace.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now Anna sang when she delivered her son Samuel to the temple after having him when she was thought barren. This reminds of the birth of John the Baptist. At his birth his father, Zacharia sang. Anna's Canticle also reminds us of the Magnificat, which is Mary's Canticle. Not only could it be supposed that both could not have children, but they both were to give birth to extraordinary men. Both of their canticles begin in a similar way: </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anna: "My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God." </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Mary: "My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These canticles have many similarities throughout. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anna: "The bow of the mighty is overcome, and the weak are girt with strength. ... </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the hungry are filled.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mary: "He hath put down the mighty from their seat,<br />
and hath exalted the humble.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> He hath filled the hungry with good things." </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see Mary may have been inspired by the word's of Anna. But Mary's Canticle is singular in her words about herself:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.<br />
Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me."</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mary's Magnificat is the greatest of all the Canticles. It is fitting that this canticle be reserved for the most important of all the offices, Vespers.<br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">O Oriens... In this 'O Antiphon' we pray for people in a similar predicament </span><span style="font-size: medium;">to those we prayed for in the last 'O Antiphon'. The reason they are in this predicament is different than</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> in the last antiphon</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> although the result is the same. They are both "sitting in the shadow of darkness and the shadow." But those in the last Antiphon were in prison while those in this antiphon are living in a perpetual night.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> In the last situation bonds held them from getting to the light; in this one they simply are in darkness. We need to be reminded that not only does Christ forgive us our sins but he does something even greater when he enlightens us with the faith. To pull captives out of prison is one thing, to turn the entire orb of the earth so that we face the sun is a greater work.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However just as we take the rising of the sun for granted, we may </span><span style="font-size: medium;">mistakenly </span><span style="font-size: medium;">take for granted that we can come to the faith and a luminous understanding of our faith on our own. Christ enlightens us. There is no other. There is nothing else like the sun in our world. And what natural event is comparable to the daily but wonderful rising of the sun? Everything else depends on it to be enlightened. Now remember that we should pray for the Spiritual Dawn, the Rising.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Okay, the letters now are "__o Cras." We are on to another word in code: only two to go!</span></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-70191365636090196042010-12-21T16:12:00.001-08:002010-12-21T16:13:55.574-08:00O Key of David - Dec 20<h3 class="post-title entry-title"></h3><div class="post-header"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Latin:</div><dl style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><dd><i>O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;</i></dd><dd><i>qui aperis, et nemo claudit;</i></dd><dd><i>claudis, et nemo aperit:</i></dd><dd><i>veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,</i></dd><dd><i>sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.</i></dd></dl><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">English:</div><dl style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><dd><i>O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;</i></dd><dd><i>who open and no one shuts;</i></dd><dd><i>you shut and no one opens:</i></dd><dd><i>Come and lead the chained from the house of bondage,</i></dd><dd><i>him sitting in darkness and the shadow of death.</i></dd></dl><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuISe7rCTCrKsCORUiy2ZJWWBwv7x1C8esLNRR_PVUM9_Ab_gFfXJDTJqttYvDt6jFogzG7wPEUT9ADoPZRMzfiRLq80PNxVNwk20YPdjZLHG8ARE8RUFVpm5BbWdnLrZp0xFLj4gdfTg/s1600/OAntiphons4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuISe7rCTCrKsCORUiy2ZJWWBwv7x1C8esLNRR_PVUM9_Ab_gFfXJDTJqttYvDt6jFogzG7wPEUT9ADoPZRMzfiRLq80PNxVNwk20YPdjZLHG8ARE8RUFVpm5BbWdnLrZp0xFLj4gdfTg/s320/OAntiphons4.jpg" width="216" /></a>A good first step to understanding what you read and, therefore, a good beginning for reading scripture is to slow yourself down when considering them to make yourself think. Everyone can, for example, gain a better understanding of scripture by reading it aloud instead of reading it quietly. You can write out the passage that you are thinking about, diagram the sentences, identify the parts of speech. Trying to read scripture in the original languages can get me thoroughly to study a passage. I remember once carefully translating a psalms from Latin to English. I discovered that I had the thing memorized when the process was done.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of all these different methods for making a good beginning the best way to approach scripture, should one have the ability, is to try to resolve anything that strikes as contrary to faith. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It should be clear that in this 'O Antiphon' Christ is the Key of David. The Protestants may say that this ancient 'O Antiphon' supports the idea that Christ is our only help, for only he can shut and only he can open. However, if we look at the words of our Lord from Isaiah, which the first part of this antiphon is based on, we see that another person is involved: "I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open." He who opens and shut does not necessarily refer to the Key of David. Who then carries the burden of this Key on his shoulder? There is a striking resemblance between this passage of Isaiah and the Gospel of Matthew. Our Lord says to Peter, "I will give you the keys of the kingdom, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." It seems that Peter is the one who opens and shuts. The loosing power of Peter allows the church to forgive sins on God's behalf.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To the protestants we answer that Christ is the only Key that shuts and open certain doors but he chooses to give that Key to his minsters who then are the only ones with the power to open and close those doors.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, this power is like the opening of locks which secure chains and prison doors. We pray that Christ through his ministers in the Church, will come and lead those chained by sin out from the state of perdition, and lead out he who sits -- that is, he who is resigned to his poor condition -- in darkness -- that is his mind darkened by sin -- and in the shadow of death -- that is guilt which could lead to eternal punishment.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reminded that Christ is the only way out of all hopelessness, we are encouraged to pray that he deliver us.</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> So now with "O Clavis', we have the letters 'C R A S'. You will notice that I have been giving the letters in reverse order. I am giving you a clue. Words are more easily guessed when you get the first letters. These letters are being given in reverse order so you cannot know what is being said until all the letters are given. But I will tell you all this: you now have a Latin word!</span></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-37123803650648147432010-12-21T07:30:00.000-08:002010-12-21T07:30:21.488-08:00Making Room for Jesus in Your Hearts and Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLLfSR7Uuig8pxXrUyX9P8tLgqxvKw25Y3NdwDp8wd_NOxNQOeDAXcoEEeTuOG01H-SB0MlL3XnzCMPwUjvg-2YVtMCPmk0F2Ux5mWTCSUCAPbpLlqmFARGy8xUgSxcjyxcTDLQuNWXk/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLLfSR7Uuig8pxXrUyX9P8tLgqxvKw25Y3NdwDp8wd_NOxNQOeDAXcoEEeTuOG01H-SB0MlL3XnzCMPwUjvg-2YVtMCPmk0F2Ux5mWTCSUCAPbpLlqmFARGy8xUgSxcjyxcTDLQuNWXk/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80iL4oWP9a15MgNJxhiBjoBnpKZ7qv85wX8pKLpNn4pnL0M3ILl9WEVLwufUoX-gzyj4ugUl_W3lbjCTaIL1knOLj5BO9gJMNoJ1LGhTDZ0Puh3S9tPwRizBbDmYZSvmXkEZZfa-Zxrk/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80iL4oWP9a15MgNJxhiBjoBnpKZ7qv85wX8pKLpNn4pnL0M3ILl9WEVLwufUoX-gzyj4ugUl_W3lbjCTaIL1knOLj5BO9gJMNoJ1LGhTDZ0Puh3S9tPwRizBbDmYZSvmXkEZZfa-Zxrk/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Children can prepare their hearts for the baby Jesus by doing little acts of love for him. To encourage this practice and help them remember, it is helpful to have something concrete for them to see and do. I find that preparing the manger bed with straw is a lovely practice that my kids enjoy. We leave straw close by, so the kids can ad a piece when they remember to do an act of love for Jesus. This can be as simple as a small prayer. "Jesus prepare my heart so I can welcome you on Christmas Day." Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-45525831208334984272010-12-20T17:37:00.000-08:002010-12-20T17:37:53.603-08:00O Root of Jesse - Dec 19<h3 class="post-title entry-title"></h3><div class="post-header"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzA5Tz9-QIdL-wci8SmoWOTSDkzOuNG2ZyFjAXVlekNgMEuMcoHLVx6tmZfCBObHqj9dhuDiZy0XDFNw3-QGFWEApjPlmOB6JunO0iRm946qBPTKS11HcxWhMNjCvn2s84kyRFced9YnI/s1600/OAntiphons3.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzA5Tz9-QIdL-wci8SmoWOTSDkzOuNG2ZyFjAXVlekNgMEuMcoHLVx6tmZfCBObHqj9dhuDiZy0XDFNw3-QGFWEApjPlmOB6JunO0iRm946qBPTKS11HcxWhMNjCvn2s84kyRFced9YnI/s320/OAntiphons3.jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Peter Os kids for the drawings</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Vespers of the 19th of December<br />
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Latin:<br />
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<dl><dd><i>O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum,</i></dd><dd><i>super quem continebunt reges os suum,</i></dd><dd><i>quem Gentes deprecabuntur:</i></dd><dd><i>veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.</i></dd></dl>English:<br />
<dl><dd><i>O Root of Jesse, who stand for an ensign of the people;</i></dd><dd><i>before whom kings will shut their mouths,</i></dd><dd><i>whom the nations shall beseech:</i></dd><dd><i>Come to deliver us, now do not tarry.</i></dd><dd><i> </i></dd></dl><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Someone asked if I could post at the beginning of the day. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">In fact,</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> I want you to read this about the time of Vespers. My reason for this is actually tied in with the code. I also promised to explain why I said "sort of today" in my first post. Recently the practice has been introduced of having anticipation masses of Sunday on Saturday night. (It is not right to call them Vigil Masses.) </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">In point of fact, t</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">his may be the more appropriate time to have a Sunday </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">M</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">ass then Sunday night or the evening of a holy day. Think of it: you go to mass on Sunday night and your Sunday is over. Is it not better to have been to </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">M</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">ass even the night before so that your Sunday or holy day is sanctified? Not long before 1962 the liturgical day started with Vespers. So on any feast of a saint you would celebrate Vespers for that saint the day before, and then in the evening at the end of his feast day, you would say the Vespers of the saint of the next calendar day. Only on great feasts and Sundays would you say a Second Vespers in the evening at the end of the feast day. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sundays and major feasts (1st Class or Solemnities) still have a Vespers the day before. The 'O Antiphons' are also preserved on the day before</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">, p</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">erhaps for no other reason th</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">a</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">n that Christmas has a first Vespers on the 24th. Remember</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> the 'O Antiphons' go from the evening of the 17th to the Evening of the 23<sup>rd</sup></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> not the 24th. So the "O Antiphon" should be something you think about, dream about</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> and then meditate on</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> till the next Vespers (and the new antiphon.)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span">Now to the 'O Antiphon' for today. 'O Radix Jesse' Here we have the first and the third phrase from Isaiah 11:10. The words are almost identical except that the third person verb 'stands' now is in the second person 'stand', because we are saying 'O'. We are not saying, "he who standS", but "O (Thou) who stand_."</span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span">Concerning the root of Jesse: </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">there</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> is another expression, shoot from the root of Jesse (Virga de radice Jesse), which obviously refers to the other end of the Jesse Tree. Now the shoot of Jesse refers </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">our Lady or our Lord, and this is where you would think to put our Lord on the tree</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> as a branch that grows out of the tree. We should not be </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">dumbfounded</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> at scripture saying that Our Lord </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> the root of Jesse as the Pharisee</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">s</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> were dumbfound when Jesus pointed out </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> the Messiah is the Lord of David. Root of Jesse, Lord of David. For we know that our Lord is God and that </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">H</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">e caused the tree of Jesse to be. Yet </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">H</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">e is </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">also </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">the son of David, and a shoot of Jesse</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.</span></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Perhaps referring to our Lord as a</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">n en</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">sign </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">points</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">H</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">is incarnation. A visible reality that points to an invisible reality is a sign, and this ensign particularly refers to our Lord on the cross because the nations will beseech him. So the action of prayer should be before the cross, at least in intention, since His crucifixion is the source of the efficacy of our prayer. Meanwhile, the kings are speechless because they do not believe in the Incarnation or the Cross and are left somehow powerless to resist it. We, however, under the kings of this world, under the present reign of sin, see our chances lie in the power of the Root of Jesse. Eager to be free from sin we cry, "<i>Come to deliver us, now do not tarry."</i></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span">So there you have it. The title for Christ today is 'Radix Jesse' which gives us </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">an</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> “R” and adding that to the code we get: R A S.</span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Written by Fr O. </span></span></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-69097678216462695192010-12-20T17:35:00.001-08:002010-12-20T17:35:59.777-08:00O'Adonai - Dec 18<div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Vespers Dec. 18th.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Now here is the second 'O Antiphon':</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Latin:</span></div><dl style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>et ei in Sina legem dedisti:</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.</i></span></dd></dl><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">English:</span></div><dl style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>who to Moses in the fire of the burning bush</i><i> Thou appeared </i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>and to him on Sinai</i><i> </i><i>the law Thou </i><i>gave </i><i>:</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Come to redeem us with </i><i>an arm </i><i>outstretched .</i></span></dd></dl><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuMCCpEJthtIuRqX3L6BEYkrCJBn7_7SvhnrAL564Org7D2t-JgRlnfzt10MHqonwKNQ1WpOjlCFVl37mRxbo7S6LNXongNN2pcOk2pRELIIhGIkG1aaBa4fa8q8zZpsVGp9zLT6dEHI/s1600/OAntiphons2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuMCCpEJthtIuRqX3L6BEYkrCJBn7_7SvhnrAL564Org7D2t-JgRlnfzt10MHqonwKNQ1WpOjlCFVl37mRxbo7S6LNXongNN2pcOk2pRELIIhGIkG1aaBa4fa8q8zZpsVGp9zLT6dEHI/s320/OAntiphons2.jpg" width="182" /></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">O Adonai... If you have translated the title of this blog, 'Dominus Prope', you know the name for 'lord' in latin is 'dominus'. 'Adonai' is the Hebrew word for 'lord'. So why </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">then </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">do we not have "O Dominus..." in the Latin? 'Dominus' is one of the most common words in the Old Testament, but it is actually a replacement word for the name of God, 'Yahweh'. So every time you see 'Dominus' in the Old Testament, it is because 'Yahweh' is being replaced. Ever wonder why you have never seen the name of God, which was given to Moses? Now you know. So now 'Adonai' just means 'Lord', or more precisely, 'my Lord'. The Hebrew was preserved in Latin to differentiate it from the name of God.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Yahweh is then conspicuously absent here. For the very occasion where God gave His name is mentioned in this 'O Antiphon'. Perhaps we are to recall it anyway, like when we identify a person by their shadow. </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Reflecting on Christ's leadership we remember that like Moses he instigates our salvation by both calling and directing us by His law. We then need His further help, redemption, because we transgress the law of our God who we know by name.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The expression 'with an outstretched hand' coupled with the 'Adonai' uniquely identifies one of only two times the 'Adonai' is used in the Vulgate, Ex. 6:3 "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: I am the Lord, That appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty; and my name <b>ADONAI</b> I did not shew them." 6:6 "Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with <b>an outstretched arm</b>." God himself desired to free us in an infinitely more perfect way then the freeing of the Israelites from slavery. So when he spoke these words to Moses, he intended our redemption through Christ; the freeing of Israel was a colossal metaphor for an even greater event. Seeing this inner purpose of God's statement long ago and realizing the immanence of Christ's coming, we are inspired to ask with great vehemence for redemption.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">So now we have an 'A' from 'O Adonai', but the first Antiphon began 'O Sapientia'. So we now have A S.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-83020476871661916442010-12-18T14:21:00.000-08:002010-12-24T07:21:27.575-08:00O Wisdom - Dec 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5A-3AX2sg04RLj-Cc863-Zk2atfJCvxKgZ06V4Z14A7_iOQY_eIoKdnEHA_UP9JW2NjsfJj7dFfga09aH8qe4GUuiNtJyCWVjfiag4p31Wsx3vexrJjGGtNc8uEhsuh9JbodcxHQN4w/s1600/OAntiphons1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5A-3AX2sg04RLj-Cc863-Zk2atfJCvxKgZ06V4Z14A7_iOQY_eIoKdnEHA_UP9JW2NjsfJj7dFfga09aH8qe4GUuiNtJyCWVjfiag4p31Wsx3vexrJjGGtNc8uEhsuh9JbodcxHQN4w/s320/OAntiphons1.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><br />
Do you want to live more the Advent season and escape consumerism?<br />
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Vespers of the 17th of December. <br />
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Advent is an extremely rich season.<br />
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The first of the great and very ancient "O antiphons" are sung today -- well sort of today: the traditions of the church are being obscured, but I will explain later.<br />
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The "O antiphons" refer to the 7 Antiphons used for each of the 7 Magnificats at Vespers (Evening pray) from December 17th to December 23. (I might be giving too much away to tell you why the Magnificat antiphon of the 24th is not included. ) The O Antiphons are part of the season of Advent. A kind of Holy week of Advent. The already beautiful and intricate offices of Advent become very unique for each day of Advent Holy Week. At least in the extraordinary form, four new antiphons are introduced for the 4 psalms of Lauds and the 4 minor hours, a fifth antiphon is used for the canticle of Laud.<br />
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To read more follow this link <a href="http://gracefulrosaries.blogspot.com/2010/12/o-sapientia.html">http://gracefulrosaries.blogspot.com/2010/12/o-sapientia.html</a>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444425721203188424.post-51623017982309657222010-12-17T19:16:00.000-08:002010-12-17T20:23:12.695-08:00The O Antiphons begin today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JKuUiG4_8CI0-SUpLf3qLYD_z-bgcR9LmG2X_HDyNN6l8NpF4GzZWar9UzoJPs63I2Fjg9bJ_fbAtuq6xDapum9QkIsYXfvSJ5vdSVU3LB4dHxTonFLm_Th7jeaiSpd3wQ9AEC3rHWI/s1600/IMG_4778_edited-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JKuUiG4_8CI0-SUpLf3qLYD_z-bgcR9LmG2X_HDyNN6l8NpF4GzZWar9UzoJPs63I2Fjg9bJ_fbAtuq6xDapum9QkIsYXfvSJ5vdSVU3LB4dHxTonFLm_Th7jeaiSpd3wQ9AEC3rHWI/s400/IMG_4778_edited-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hi ladies! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Just wanted to send this blog post that another woman sent me:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #810081; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://maryellenb.typepad.com/o_night_divine/advent---o-antiphons-dec-17-23/">http://maryellenb.typepad.com/o_night_divine/advent---o-antiphons-dec-17-23/</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">She has wonderful ideas and great background info on the O Antiphons! Please read- it is so helpful! I also wanted to share what we do for the O Antiphons in our home (beginning today, Dec. 17th)! This is so easy and young children can do it too!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> I bought gold posterboard, white cardstock, and red fun sparkling string! The children decorated the white cardstock circle we cut out for each O Antiphon and labeled each one (the one showing in th first picture is for today- O Wisdom). We glued it onto the gold circles we had cut and punched a whole at the top of the gold circle to put the festive sparkling string through. We hang them on our windows near our table. We keep our O Antiphons facing outside and each day one of the kids turns over whichever O Antiphon we are celebrating that day! </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This is so easy and really doesn't take much time!!!! And my kids love it! Claire was reminding me several days ago that it was almost time to take out the O Antiphons!! At supper time each night for the seven days we read a prayer for each O Antiphon. Of course you could sing it. We found the prayers in the book, <i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Advent, Christmas and Epiphany in the Domestic Church</span></i> by Catherine and Peter Fournier. You may also choose to write the words in Latin.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I love celebrating with the O Antiphons. We have done this ever since Claire was about 3 years old! She and I made our first set of O Antiphons on paper plates. You can do this with 3 and 4 year olds! I love it!!! Happy Advent!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Love, Margaret</span></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609411236475035144noreply@blogger.com2