Reveal among us the light of your presence, that we may behold your power and glory.
Readings
Isaiah 29.17-24 | Ps 27.9-17 | Matthew 9.27-31
Advent Is there grace enough to cover Is there love enough to lift me Is there peace enough to hold me Is there joy enough to fill me Prayer O Lord our God,
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Jesus heals two blind men (Matthew 9.27-31). Illuminated and illustrated Arabic manuscript of the Gospels, copied in Egypt in AD 1684 by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib, who was most likely a Coptic monk. MS W.592, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Psalm 27, Hervormde Kerk, Zeerijp, Netherlands. Organist: Dennis Wubs.
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Zeerijp is a small village north of Groningen. The medieval brick Jacobuskerk, now a Reformed church, has a renowned 1651 organ by Theodorus Faber, heard here. | |
Stanzas of Ps. 27 in traditional Dutch rhyme. | Equivalent verses from the NRSV (not an exact translation). |
1. Mijn licht, mijn heil is Hij, mijn God en Here! |
1. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear?: the Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? |
2. Een ding slechts kan ik van den Heer verlangen, |
4. One thing I have asked from the Lord, which I will require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, |
3. Hoe heeft Hij mij ten dage van het kwade From Liedboek voor de Kerken (1973) |
6. For he will hide me under his shelter in the day of trouble: and conceal me in the shadow of his tent, and set me high upon a rock. |
This is why we need a pedal bass on the St Philip's Organ!
May the Lord, when he comes, find us watching and waiting. Amen.