{"id":14904,"date":"2009-12-18T15:22:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=14904"},"modified":"2017-03-10T23:52:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T23:52:16","slug":"dec-18-o-adonai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/12\/18\/dec-18-o-adonai\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 18 – O Adonai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>


\nSource<\/a><\/p>\n

Once again, our friends the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist provide a lovely background<\/a> to today\u2019s glorious antiphon:<\/p>\n

The title \u201cAdonai,\u201d was originally used by the Israelites instead of pronouncing the name of God as revealed to Moses at the burning bush. Not only did God tell Moses His name, but He also gave him the Law, which paradoxically sets us free. Although our culture tells us that freedom is for doing whatever we like, our faith tells us that we have been given a free will so that we might be free to choose the good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

O sacred Lord of ancient Israel, who showed yourself to Moses in the burning bush, who gave him the holy law on Sinai mountain: come, stretch out your mighty hand to set us free.<\/em><\/p>\n

St. Catherine\u2019s Monastery is on Mt. Sinai.<\/strong> It is the oldest monastery in the world, on very holy ground, and the prayers never stop. The calling, the reaching out to Adonai never stops, for all our sakes. I love this book detailing its Icons<\/a>, and giving glimpses of the chapel and the life of the monks. Here is sunrise, and, perhaps my favorite in the psalter, Psalm 90:<\/p>\n

O Lord, you have been our refuge
\nfrom one generation to the next.
\nBefore the mountains were born
\nor the earth or the world brought forth,
\nyou are God, without beginning or end.<\/p>\n

You turn men back to dust
\nand say: \u201cGo back, sons of men.\u201d
\nTo your eyes a thousand years
\nare like yesterday, come and gone,
\nno more than a watch in the night.<\/p>\n

You sweep men away like a dream,
\nlike the grass which springs up in the morning.
\nIn the morning it springs up and flowers:
\nby evening it withers and fades.<\/p>\n

So we are destroyed in your anger,
\nstruck with terror in your fury.
\nOur guilt lies open before you;
\nour secrets in the light of your face.<\/p>\n

All our days pass away in your anger.
\nOur life is over like a sigh.
\nOur span is seventy years,
\nor eighty for those who are strong.<\/p>\n

And most of these are emptiness and pain.
\nThey pass swiftly and we are gone.
\nWho understands the power of your anger
\nand fears the strength of your fury?<\/p>\n

Make us know the shortness of our life
\nthat we may gain wisdom of heart.
\nLord, relent! Is your anger for ever?
\nShow pity to your servants.<\/p>\n

In the morning, fill us with your love;
\nwe shall exult and rejoice all our days.
\nGive us joy to balance our affliction
\nfor the years when we knew misfortune.<\/p>\n

Show forth your work to your servants;
\nlet your glory shine on their children.
\nLet the favor of the Lord be upon us:
\ngive success to the work of our hands.
\n(give success to the work of our hands).<\/p>\n

And here is the unamplified call to Vespers, for the monks on Mt. Sinai:<\/strong><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong> Dec 17 \u2013 O Sapientia<\/a><\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong>
\nJulie at Happy Catholic<\/strong> has more<\/a>.
\nA charmer of a piece<\/strong> on commercialized Christmas<\/a> from our friend, Fr. James Martin
\nAnd Deacon Greg<\/strong> looks at another holy mountainous place<\/a>. Sort of. More on that here<\/a> and here<\/a>
\nO\/T by joyful:<\/strong> An Anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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