CQOD MOBILE Friday, December 1, 2023
Vaughan: Awake, glad heart!
Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916
Meditation:
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.—Isaiah 44:23 (NIV)
Quotation:
Awake, glad heart! get up, and sing!It is the birth-day of thy King.Awake! awake!The sun doth shakeLight from his locks, and, all the wayBreathing perfumes, doth spice the day.
Awake, awake! heark how th’ wood rings,Winds whisper, and the busie springsA concert make;Awake! awake!Man is their high-priest, and should riseTo offer up the sacrifice.
I would I were some bird, or star,Flutt’ring in woods, or lifted farAbove this inneAnd rode of sin!Then either star or bird should beShining or singing still to thee.... Henry Vaughan (1622-1695), The Poetical Works of Henry Vaughan, Boston: Osgood, 1871, p. 119
(see the book)See also Isa. 44:23; Ps. 57:8-9; 85:9-12; 96:11-13; 108:2-3; Isa. 9:6; 49:13; Matt. 1:21; Luke 1:31-33; 2:8-14; Rev. 5:13 Quiet time reflection:Awaken our hearts this day, Lord. See yesterdayTweet this
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