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Pieta, While in St. Peter’s, Rome
By John Graber
from “Thanksgiving Dawn”
I think the world
is like the feet of the Pieta
and shines out of the dark arches only
when touched by hands that believe in it.
I think that when the feet
are worn away by touch,
people will climb up the body of Christ
until he’s worn onto a world of hands,
a shining marble dust,
and then the night’s white, worn pearl,
river stone moon Mary will smile,
and we’ll all be home.
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Gaudete! Gaudete!
Tempus adest gratiae,
Hoc quod optabamus,
Carmina laetitiae
Devote reddamus.
Christus est natus
ex Maria virgine!
Deus homo factus est,
Natura mirante
Mundus renovatus est,
A Christo regnante!
A Christo regnante!
A Christo regnante!
Ezechielis porta clausa pertransitur
Unde Lux est orta
Salus invenitur.
Ergo nostra concio
Psallat iam in lustro;
Benedicat Domino:
Salus Regi nostro.
Salus Regi nostro.
Gaudete! Gaudete!
-Traditional Latin
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
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O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
O come, O come, our Dayspring from on high,
And cheer us by your drawing nigh,
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
(Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.)
O come, O Wisdom on high,
Who ordered all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show
And teach us in its ways to go.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.
O come, O come, our Lord of might,
Who to your tribes on Sinai's height
In ancient times gave holy law
In cloud and majesty and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.
O come, O come Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind.
O bid our sad divisions cease
And be yourself our King of Peace.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.
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Will Chiles Springfield, Missouri
Will Chiles is a musician and tree farmer rooted in the Ozarks.
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