Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
Something for the weekend. Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming. Written by the ever prolific composer Anonymous in 16th century Germany, it quickly became a favorite hymn of both Catholics and Protestants in that time and land of religious strife, and that is a good message for Christmas.
Lo, How a rose e’er blooming
From tender stem has sprung!
Of Jesse’s lineage coming
As prophets long have sung.
It came, a flow’ret bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.
Isaiah ’twas foretold it,
The rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it,
The Virgin Mother kind.
To show God’s love aright,
She bore the world a Savior,
When half spent was the night.
O flow’r whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispel with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere.
True Man, yet very God,
From sin and death now save us
And lighten every load.
One of my favorites!
This is a great way to evangelize the LDS.
Several years ago I had joined a (Catholic) Church choir.Choir singing was much different to me than what I had been doing [folksinging] and part of the challenge was that I do not read music – I basically play/sing “by ear”, so I sat between 2 excellent singers and listened to them to learn my parts. It was a very good experience and one of my favorite memories was during our Christmas program one year, one of the singers that I sat next to had the solo on “Lo! How a Rose E’er Blooming” – and it was beautifully sung by him & the choir.Love this hymn.
PC lyrics printed for the unisex world. Always disrupting.
The soul of the female, a woman, is different from the soul of the male, a man. The soul of a man starts and gives life. The soul of a woman nurtures and continues life.
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Without the Holy Spirit, the Blessed Virgin Mary could not have brought forth the Son of God; Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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Jesus gave us His Mother to be our Mother. All mankind is the children of Mary, our Mother. We must behave as the children of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, brings us Jesus Christ according to the design of God and the instruction of Jesus. Anyone who comes to the Church other than by our Blessed Mother is a marauder and an interloper.