{"id":24144,"date":"2008-11-30T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T13:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/11\/advent-the-time-of-our-salvati\/"},"modified":"2008-11-30T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T13:58:11","slug":"advent-the-time-of-our-salvati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/11\/advent-the-time-of-our-salvati\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent: the time of our Salvation is nearer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behold, the great Prophet shall come; and He shall renew Jerusalem, alleluia.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A thrilling voice by rings<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Rebuking guilt and darksome things:<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Vain dreams of sins and visions fly;<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Christ in His might shines forth on high.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\"St<\/a><\/span>Now let each torpid soul arise<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

That sunk in guilt and wounded lies;<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

See, the new Star’s refulgent ray<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Shall chase disease and sin away.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lamb descends from heaven above<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

To pardon sin with freest love:<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

For such indulgent mercy shown<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

With tearful joy our thanks we own.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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That when again He shines revealed<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

And trembling worlds to terror yield,<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

He give not sin its just reward<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

But in His love protect and guard.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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To God the Father, God the Son,<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

And God the Spirit, Three in One,<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Praise, honor, might and glory be<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

From age to age eternally. Amen.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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V. The voice of one crying in the desert: make ready the way of the Lord.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

R. Make straight His paths.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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We beseech Thee, O Lord, show forth Thy power and come, that we may deserve to be rescued from the ever-threatening danger of our sins, and be saved by Thy deliverance.<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Behold, the great Prophet shall come; and He shall renew Jerusalem, alleluia.   A thrilling voice by rings Rebuking guilt and darksome things: Vain dreams of sins and visions fly; Christ in His might shines forth on high.   Now let each torpid soul arise That sunk in guilt and wounded lies; See, the new … Continue reading Advent: the time of our Salvation is nearer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1827,1826,1828],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}