Monday, January 22, 2018

first thing

Glory to you, who safe have kept
and have refreshed me while I slept:
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless light partake.

Lord, I renew my vows to you;
scatter my foes as morning dew;
guard my first springs of thought and will,
and with yourself my spirit fill.

-  from Magnificat, January 2018



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  1. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2018 at 5:07 PM

    Beautiful, and amen!
    I like that winter landscape photo on the upper right.:-)
    Have a good day!
    Anne♡

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    1. LisaJanuary 22, 2018 at 5:31 PM

      Thank you, Anne. Where are you???

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2018 at 7:29 PM

      Home ~ Knitting, crochet, trying to keep warm, and thankful for a break in the below zero temps. I'm nowhere on the net, except Ravelry. Trying to decide if I have anything to write about that's worth reading! I like visiting here :-) ♥

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  2. LisaJanuary 22, 2018 at 5:30 PM

    I would like to memorize it, so I think I'm going to try.

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  3. elizabethJanuary 22, 2018 at 5:40 PM

    How lovely!!! that prayer is just beautiful!!!

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  4. LisaJanuary 22, 2018 at 6:36 PM

    It's just right, I think.

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  5. GretchenJoannaJanuary 23, 2018 at 9:46 AM

    Oh, I am going to save that and try to memorize it. Has it been set to music, by any chance? Is Magnificat a magazine?

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    1. LisaJanuary 23, 2018 at 10:58 AM

      Gretchen, yes, Magnificat is a small, pocket-sized monthly publication for Roman Catholics with the daily Mass readings, morning and evening prayers, meditations for every day, lives of saints and more.

      The words are actually supposed to be sung to the tune of a certain hymn - I'm not near my copy now, but I'll look it up later. (I hope your ability to memorize will prove better than mine. :D)

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    2. LisaJanuary 23, 2018 at 8:48 PM

      Okay - it is to be sung to "I Know that My Redeemer Lives". I don't know that one.

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    3. clare.elizabethJanuary 25, 2018 at 5:31 PM

      This is (I hope!) a link to a Youtube recording of 'I Know That My Redeemer Liveth' by Handelfrom The Messiah xx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q0qho_hKEg

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    4. clare.elizabethJanuary 25, 2018 at 5:32 PM

      Ooops! Pressed publish before I'd finished! Whether that is the same as 'I Know That my Redeemer Lives' I don't know!

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    5. LisaJanuary 25, 2018 at 6:08 PM

      Clare, that piece is my FAVORITE part of Messiah! But somehow, I didn't think that was the one they meant in the prayer book. There is another on youtube which is unfamiliar to me - I don't know if that's the one. But, thanks! When I clicked on the link, and heard those opening notes - ahhh! :)

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  6. clare.elizabethJanuary 23, 2018 at 12:41 PM

    Yes - it is a lovely prayer and worth the effort I think. There are so many prayers for the end of the day but not so many for the start.

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  7. clare.elizabethJanuary 25, 2018 at 5:40 PM

    Here is the correct one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAxwDSb3hqw

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