The evening of the 23rd

        Tonight’s O Antiphon 

O Emmanuel, 

our King 

and Lawgiver, 

the Desire 

of all 

nations  

and heir 

Salvation: 

Come 

&  save us, 

O Lord, 

our God.     

The Morning of Wednesday, December 23rd

                Luke 1:42

Eliz-abeth ex-

claim-

 ed, “As soon as I heard your greeting, the child in my womb 

 leaped for joy. And blessed is she who 

  believed that there would be a fulfillment

       of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”

Tuesday EP

                                                 Psalm 116:6

       
      Turn 

      again

      to 

      your 

      rest, 

      O my soul, 

      for the Lord has treated you well. 

Tonight’s O Antiphon :   O King of the nations

and their Desire, you are the cornerstone that makes us both one: Come and save the creatures whom you fashioned from clay.

Tuesday morning 12/22

    Psalm 67:1 

May God 

be merciful

to us and  

bless us,

show the 

light of his 

countenance

& come to us.  

Evening Prayer of St Tomas Day

                                                            Isaiah 43:10

   You are my 

   witnesses, 

   says the 

   Lord, and

   my servants 

   whom I 

   have chosen 

   so that you 

   may know 

   and believe…

                                       

                                        showing the scars of his wounds 

                          healed the wound of his disbelief… 

                     The disbelief of Thomas has done 

                  more for our faith than the faith of

             the other disciples.  -St Gregory the Great 604

The winter solstice: the shortest day (10 hours) and longest night of the year

                                                The O Antiphon 

  

 O Dayspring, Brightness of the Light eternal 

  and Sun of Righteousness: Come and enlighten 

  those who sit in darkness and the

  shadow of death.

The Feast of St Thomas Day the Apostle

   St Thomas Day 

  Antiphon on Psalm 23 

Though 

I walk 

through  

the valley 

of the 

shadow 

of death, 

I will fear 

no evil…  

Which is where our 

friend Thomas comes in and we have to move from perfectly rational doubt to too-good-to-be-true belief.  The again, we can insist on walking ourselves….