all art by Colorado
College Fire
and Light students, 2005
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December 25
O inexpressible
mystery
and unheard-of paradox; the Invisible is
seen;
the Intangible is touched;
the Eternal Word becomes
accessible to our speech;
the timeless steps into time;
the Son of God becomes the
Son of Man.
Gregory of Nyssa
December 26
Maid, out of thy unquarried mountain-land
Came Christ, the corner-stone
unhewn by hand
Which lined two sundered natures.
Hence on high
thee, God's own Mother,
We would magnify.
translated by G.R. Woodward from the Greek liturgy
December 27
... One by
one the shepherds,
with their snowy feet,
stamp and shake out
their hats upon the stable dirt
and one by one kneel
down to look upon
their LIFE.
Thomas Merton
December 28
Whom have you
seen, O ye shepherds?
Speak ye, and tell us who hath
appeared on earth.
A Child we saw, and choirs of Angels
singing praise unto the Lord,
alleluia, alleluia.
Antiphon for Lauds, Christmas Day