Tenor (Hope): I do not fear the grave’s darkness Alto (Fear): I fear indeed the grave’s darkness Tenor (Hope): and hoped that my savior should not be torn away. Alto (Fear): and mourned that my savior should be torn away. Both: Now my heart is full of comfort, and if an enemy is infuriated, IContinue reading “Conquer in God”
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Setting a Watch
Holy Saturday commemorates the day between our Lord’s brutal execution, and his glorious resurrection. From the rising of today’s sun, to the setting of the same, his precious body was separated from his human soul, such that he who is eternal Life truly experienced the deprivations of death. God, of course, cannot die, and suchContinue reading “Setting a Watch”
The Light of the Living
Psalm 55 (56 in the Hebrew) is written for “a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary.” Separated from his Creator, man turns on himself and becomes his own enemy: Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fightingContinue reading “The Light of the Living”
Doing the Truth
A sure sign that a given regime is despotic is its hostility or indifference to what is good, true, and beautiful. The science of despotism consists in discouraging virtues such as (genuine, active) charity, and instilling vices, such as deception, or compliance with the web of lies in which despotism seeks to entangle us. HowContinue reading “Doing the Truth”
"His Tongue shall Speak Judgment" 