November 26thFive Minutes on Friday #8
ADVENT – a poem
We who must die demand a miracle.
How could the Eternal do a temporal act,
The Infinite become a finite fact?
Nothing can save us that is possible:
We who must die demand a miracle. [W.H. Auden]
As Advent begins, we remember that the power that moves the sun and set the stars in place, deigns to come and live among us, and save us, for we cannot save ourselves. Thanks be to God for this incredible gift!
ADVENT – a picture
This is a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, painted while he was living in an asylum for the mentally ill. Reflect:
What does ‘living in confinement’ mean for Advent?
Where do you see hope in this painting?
ADVENT – a song [Charles Wesley]
1 See whose glory fills the skies:
Jesus, the light of the world!
Sun of righteousness, arise:
Jesus, the light of the world!
Refrain:
We'll walk in the light!
Beautiful light!
Shine where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.
Oh, shine all around us by day and by night,
Jesus, the light of the world.
2 Pierce the gloom of sin and grief,
Jesus, the light of the world!
Scatter all my unbelief,
Jesus, the light of the world! [Refrain]
3 More and more thyself display,
Jesus, the light of the world!
Shining to the perfect day,
Jesus, the light of the world! [Refrain]
4 Visit, then, this soul of mine,
Jesus, light of the world!
Fill me, Radiancy divine!
Jesus, the light of the world! [Refrain]
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