Your tagline brings a smile each time I see it and am reminded of that profound phrase.
It echoes in my mind in Latin as well as it commences the last Gospel of our Mass. In principio erat Verbum...
Your posts are a great start to our day.
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2Ki 6:16 He said, "Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them."
2Ki 6:17 Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see." So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
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Psa 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
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Psa 27:4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.
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Isa 42:6 "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 42:7 to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Isa 42:8 I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
Isa 42:9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."
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Act 26:15 And I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
Act 26:16 But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,
Act 26:17 delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles--to whom I am sending you
Act 26:18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
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Father we praise you today.
Open our eyes Lord to your Protection of us.
Help us see your Truth and Beauty.
Send us out today in the Power of your Spirit and in the strength of your Word so that others may see Jesus in our lives and through our words and deeds.
Help us to have courage. You are with us.
Most of all Lord, help us to see Jesus.
Help us to see the Wonder of your Love, our Saviour, Christ the LORD.
We would see Jesus; lo! His star is shining
Above the stable while the angels sing;
There in a manger on the hay reclining;
Haste, let us lay our gifts before the King.
We would see Jesus, Marys Son most holy,
Light of the village life from day to day;
Shining revealed through every task most lowly,
The Christ of God, the life, the truth, the way.
We would see Jesus, on the mountain teaching,
With all the listening people gathered round;
While birds and flowers and sky above are preaching
The blessedness which simple trust has found.
We would see Jesus, in His work of healing,
At eventide before the sun was set;
Divine and human, in His deep revealing
Of God made flesh, in loving service met.
We would see Jesus, in the early morning,
Still as of old He calleth, Follow Me!
Let us arise, all meaner service scorning;
Lord, we are Thine, we give ourselves to Thee.
--John E. Park
This one needs to be sung with multiple voices overlapping each other, but so far I have only heard it in my head:
Verbum
Word
Logos
That which was from the beginning
In the beginning was the Word
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made
And God said
By his breath the host of heaven
Word
Logos
Verbum
The Word that goes forth from God's mouth
We declare unto you the life, the eternal life which was with the Father
it shall not return to him empty.
Logos
Verbum
Word
The name he is called by is the Word of God
et Verbum erat apud Deum
And the Word was with God
Behold his glory
In him was life, and the life was the light of men
The only Begotten
et Deus erat Verbum
And the Word was God
And every knee shall bow
Verbum
Word
Logos
Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis.