Category: rex
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Solidarnosc
O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
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Looking Up
ORex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti.O King of the nations, and their Desire; the Cornerstone, who makest both one: Come, and save mankind, whom thou formedst of clay. – English from Divine Worship: Daily Office THE word gentium, Latin for “nations”, is…
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Power of the King
O REX Gentium, et desideratus earum,lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:veni, et salva hominem,quem de limo formasti.O King of the nations, and their desire,the cornerstone making both one:Come and save the human race,which you fashioned from clay. MODERN DEMOCRACIES from Athens and England, to latecomers like France and America, are pretty much brainwashed into thinking…
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O King
O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay. Making both one? Walk back through the O Antiphons. They tell a story of division and union. Wisdom is sought in the first one just so we can understand what’s happening.…
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O King
+JMJ+O Rex Gentium,et desideratus earum,lapisque angularis,qui facis utraque unum:veni, et salva hominem,quem de limo formasti. O King of the Nations,and the one they desired,keystone,who makes both peoples one,come and save mankind,whom you shaped from the mud. There is this curious article by Philip Turner that showed up in First Things a few years ago and…
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Eat the Rich!
Today’s Readings: 1 Samuel 1:24-28 Luke 1:46-56 In the Douay, the RSV and the NABRE with other Mass texts. Alleluia at Mass:Rex gentium et lapis angularis Ecclesire: veni, et salva hominem quem de limo formasti.O King of all nations and keystone of the Church: come and save man, whom you formed from the dust! The…
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O King – 6th Advent Meditation
O Rex gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. O King of the gentiles and their desired One, the cornerstone that makes both one: come, and deliver man, whom you formed out of the dust of the earth. It seems there is a silence…
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