{"id":45094,"date":"2017-12-01T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T19:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=45094"},"modified":"2017-12-01T12:22:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T19:22:29","slug":"the-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/12\/the-good-news.html","title":{"rendered":"The Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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King\u2019s College, Cambridge, with its marvelous chapel on the left
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Just up, in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture<\/em>, two\u00a0new book reviews: \u00a0\u201cAn Important Year in History\u201d<\/a>) and\u00a0\u201cJanus Parallelism in the Book of Job: A Review of Scott B. Noel\u2019s Work<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Today marks the 280th Friday in a row that Interpreter<\/em> has published at least one article or review. \u00a0The Interpreter Foundation has existed for 281.5 weeks.<\/p>\n

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This represents a considerable achievement. \u00a0It results from the efforts and the generosity of many people, and I\u2019m profoundly grateful to all of them.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a really good Advent calendar. \u00a0Following it \u2014 trying, each day, to enact the admonitions given for that day \u2014 would yield a remarkably good Christmas season, both for us and for those around us:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.mormon.org\/bc\/content\/assets\/pdf\/christmas-2017\/25-ways-25-days-calendar-eng.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here are some practical ideas:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.mormon.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Another fragment of unearthly musical beauty, suited to the Christmas season, is to be found in the American composer Morten Lauridsen<\/a>\u2018s wonderful O Magnum Mysterium<\/em>. \u00a0Here are two versions of it:<\/p>\n

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Nordic Chamber Choir<\/a><\/p>\n

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King\u2019s College Choir, Cambridge<\/a>\u00a0(listen to roughly the 6:20 mark of this live performance)<\/p>\n

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Latin text<\/strong><\/span><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n
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O magnum mysterium,<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
et admirabile sacramentum,<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
jacentem in praesepio!<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
Beata Virgo, cujus viscera<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
meruerunt portare<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
Dominum Christum.<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
Alleluia.<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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English translation<\/strong><\/span><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n
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O great mystery,<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
and wonderful sacrament,<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
that animals should see the new-born Lord,<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
lying in a manger!<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
Blessed is the Virgin whose womb<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
was worthy to bear<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
Christ the Lord.<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n
Alleluia!<\/strong><\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I think that many of you will enjoy these pieces from Book of Mormon Central:<\/p>\n

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First, a remarkable account with which, I suspect, many members of the Church are probably unfamiliar:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow Can Sally Conrad\u2019s Witness of the Book of Mormon Strengthen Our Faith?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Second, the much better-known but still interesting Emma Smith:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow Did Emma Smith Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another item for your already bulging \u201cUtah is Hell on Earth because of Mormonism\u201d file:<\/p>\n

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USA Today<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cGiving Tuesday: Here are the most \u2013 and least \u2013 charitable states, report says\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From a national religion blog: \u00a0\u201cThe most famous Mormons you\u2019ve never heard of \u2014 or maybe I\u2019m the only one not familiar with Studio C\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays \u2013 let them overtake me unexpectedly \u2013 waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: \u201cWhy, this is Christmas Day!\u201d ~ David Grayson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Posted from Park City, Utah<\/p>\n

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