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Tag Archives: Poetry
Wondrous Type
“Oh wondrous type” is a wondrous Transfiguration hymn. Some hymnals emend “type” to “sight,” but that is clearly a mistake. A “type” in the old sense of the word is closer to what we now call a “prototype.” Christ’s transfiguration … Continue reading
Posted in Anglican, Catholic, Church Year, Hymns
Tagged Christianity, Figural reading, Hymns, medieval, music, Poetry, Transfiguration, Typology
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Transfiguration
Today is the Feast of the Transfiguration in the new Western calendar. It’s an old feast, with old traditions. The following is one of the oldest anthems for the day, written by a contemporary of Augustine. All Ye Who Seek … Continue reading
Posted in Anglican, Catholic, Church Year, Eastern Orthodox, Hymns, Lutheran
Tagged Christianity, Hymns, liturgy, Patristics, Poetry, Tradition, Transfiguration
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Peace
by George Herbert (1633) Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave, Let me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, And ask’d, if Peace were there, A hollow wind did seem to answer, No: Go seek … Continue reading
Peace to thee
A friend of mine just returned from a Holocaust conference in Germany. He briefed me on it over lunch today, not only on Nazi atrocities but on the uncongenial relationships between Europeans and Jews in history. Another friend of mine … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Hymns, Psalms
Tagged Arabic, Christianity, Current Events, Hebrew, Humanity, Jerusalem, Middle East, Peace, Poetry, Quds, war
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The Great Hides in the Small
The circle’s in the point, the fruit is in the seed: Seek God within the world, and you are wise indeed. ~ Angelus Silesius, CW IV. 158
Posted in Angelus Silesius, Divine Riddles, Translations
Tagged Angelus Silesius, Christianity, Poetry
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Jerusalem
Saturday was Canada Day (or “Dominion Day,” as it used to be called up here), and today is Independence Day in the USA. Given where these two nations sprang from, and how much their visions of order owe to the … Continue reading
Posted in Anglican
Tagged Canada Day, Christianity, Dominion Day, Economics, England, First of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Patriots, Poetry, Politics
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Locusts and Wild Honey
… for this feast day of the first “Baptist”: Saint John the Baptist, the kinsman of Christ. Let thine example, holy John, remind us Ere we can meetly sing thy deeds of wonder, Hearts must be chastened, and the bonds … Continue reading
Fatherland
I apologize for the lackadaisical posting of late. My husband’s mother has recently passed away, and we are much occupied with logistical and familial affairs. I’ll still be posting here (of course!), but more sporadically than usual, as everything gets … Continue reading
The Cross Hath Won the Field
A good hymn for Ascension Sunday, no? * * * * * Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass, Ye bars of iron, yield, And let the King of Glory pass; The cross is in the field. That banner, … Continue reading
Posted in Church Year, Easter
Tagged Ascension, Christian Warfare, Christianity, Church Militant, Current Events, Poetry, Triumphalism, Victory
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The Middle Room 