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The Advent Of Christmas 2023

Well, now it is the Advent of the Christmas season this year. Hence, I shall now be decorating Reflections From A Murky Pond in the appropriate and now correctly seasonal manner. 😉

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The Advent Of Beauty

It’s Advent and, hence, also the Advent of Beauty. And his a bunch of the beauties of thereof. 😀 As you can clearly see, there’s a lot of delicious reasons why Christmastide is considered a joyous season.

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For my Christian readers, especially those who are Catholic or Anglican, here’s something old school to celebrate the coming of Christmas with.

Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Alleluia.

It is after the last week of Advent.

Veni Veni, Emmanuel

It is a metrical version of the Antiphon, O Emmanuel and dates back to at least the 12th century.

O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos Domine Deus noster.

That particular antiphon would be sung, chanted, or recited at Vespers on December 23rd and is the final in the series of “O Antiphons.”

So enjoy a bit of the past and its grace and majesty, my friends and other readers. Worry yourselves not one bit over the Pagan who’s so familiar with traditions that you’ve long ago cast aside. 😉

Merry Christmas!

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