Christmas Season from fr. Donald ocso
Nunraw Abbey
The Christmas Crib at the Nunraw Guest House party of village community.
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| Wishing you Peace and Blessings at Christmas Greetings from Donald
This may be a more unusual messsage.
I am happy to sent the verses of the friend during his retreat days in the community.
He says, "... My
card includes a copy of a seasonal reflection which I have denoted as
"conceived before the Blessed Sacrament at the Night Office of the
Cistercian Abbey, Sancta Maria Abbey", my Christmas reflection - I
attach an e-copy for you - it came to mind during the wonderful
stillness before the Blessed Sacrament that follows after Vigils, the
sanctuary light revealing hidden expressions of adoration".
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Hidden in The Heart 'Blessed Sacrament at the Night Office of the Cistercian Abbey'
by William J. Wardle
Hidden in The Heart
Hidden in the Heart
Lk 17:21
for behold, the kingdom of God is within you
I love to
dwell in the darkness before the glow of the sanctuary lamp
As one
who keeps vigil beneath the Star that rises over Bethlehem
To behold
the coming of the Son of Man in the visions of the night [1]
A
shepherd boy watching for the Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord [2]
I gaze
upon the tabernacle that hosts the presence of the Lord Jesus
Once
cradled in a stable, Child of love divine dwelling in our midst [3]
For while
gentle silence envelopes all things and night is half gone [4]
You come
all-powerful Word, Son of God, from the realms of heaven
The
flickering candle casts a golden halo around the heavenly Host
As the
Star beams forth the radiance of eternal light upon the stable [5]
Shining
out of darkness to announce the majesty and glory of God [6]
Revealed
in the infant and manifest in the Person Jesus the Messiah
May the
rays spread their illumination within the temple of my soul
That I
may come to the knowledge of the secrets and mysteries [7]
The
treasures of the darkness of faith and the riches concealed [8]
Within
the sanctuary of Your indwelling, hidden in my heart
[1]Dan 7:13 I was gazing into the visions of the night, when I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, as it were a Son of Man
[2]Lk 2:11 To you is born this day… a Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord
[3] Zec 2:10 for behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you
[4] Wis
18:14 for while gentle silence enveloped all things, and night in its
swift course was now half gone, your all-powerful word leaped from
heaven
[6]2
Cor 4:6 For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in
our hearts so as to beam forth the Light for the illumination of the
knowledge of the majesty and glory of God as it is manifest in the
Person and is revealed in the face of Jesus Christ the Messiah
[7]Mt 13:11 To you it has been given to know the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven
[8]Is 45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places
at the Night Office of the Cistercian monastery,
Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, Edinburgh
William
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