O Radix Jesse

[Note: This is posted from the road, using the rather hinky hotel in-room wireless access. (The story behind the being in a hotel room is another family holiday nightmare, but that will wait for another telling.) This post, however, is completed on time as promised.]
O Radix Jesse,
qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt [...]

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O Adonai

[Note: As promised, this is a couple of days late. I should be back on schedule with the next entry on the 25th.]
O Adonai,
et dux domus Israël,
qui Moyse in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.
O Mighty Lord,
and leader of the house of Israël,
who appeared to [...]

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O Sapientia

[Note: Today's post is the first of a series of reflections for this year on the "O Antiphons" sung during the forefeast, or the week prior to, the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Huw will also be blogging reflections on the "O Antiphons" (his invitation is here).
I'm a couple days late with [...]

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Oldest Invocation to the Theotokos

John Fenton has an incredible post on the oldest Petitionary Prayer to Mary. From that post, a cite from Nicholas Ayo, CSC The Haily Mary: A Verbal Icon of Mary (University of Notre Dame Press, 1994):
Petitionary prayer to Mary characteristic of the second part of the Ave Maria can be found in a [...]

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If You’re Looking for a Good Discussion on the Essence/Energies of God from Roman Catholic and Orthodox Perspectives . . .

Go take a look at the post at Michael Liccione’s Sacramentum Vitae
(Thanks to Mr Jargon and his email pointing me to this.)

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How Can One Take Offense?

Russell Moore, in blogpost, “Egalitarian Orthodoxy?” at Touchstone’s Mere Comments, notes a comment from the CBE blog which states:
I’ve heard it said that Willow Creek Community Church tries to target middle-class males of about my age precisely because we are the hardest group to reach. As the thinking goes, if you can win them over, [...]

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Not in Books, Nor in the Head, But in the Heart

Over at PBS’ Frontline site, are interviews with various religious figures on faith. I want to particularly highlight the interview with Fr Roman Braga (link opens in Real Player, which is available for free here). Father Roman is the spiritual father of Holy Dormition Orthodox Monastery where my wife visited a couple of [...]

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An Outrage Such as This Renders One Speechless at the Utter Lack of Christian Charity

This–Outrage as Church backs calls for severely disabled babies to be killed at birth–is making the rounds of the internet (I’ve seen it at four or five different sites already).
The lede:
The Church of England has broken with tradition dogma by calling for doctors to be allowed to let sick newborn babies die.
Christians have long argued [...]

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Endorsing Infanticide

From the WT Call for debate on infant euthanasia
Nov. 6, 2006 at 9:25AM
Britain’s Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has called for debate on whether to allow euthanasia of severely disabled newborns.
The college says there is some support for the move by some parents, medical ethicists and geneticists, Britain’s Independent reports.
In a [...]

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They’re Baaaack!

[H/T: Duh elbes]

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