{"id":2849,"date":"2018-12-18T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:04","slug":"dec-18-o-antiphon-2-robert-frost-sunor-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/12\/18\/dec-18-o-antiphon-2-robert-frost-sunor-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 18 O Antiphon # 2 – Robert Frost — sun\tor stars?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, December 18 \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0\u201cto ease attention off when overtight\u201d<\/p>\n

We are 4 days out from the winter solstice, (http:\/\/www.calendarpedia.com\/when-is\/winter-solstice.html<\/a>). \u00a0 But that\u2019s for the future. \u00a0Now is a time to treat long nights with respect (today: sunrise 7:56 am – sunset 5:01 pm). \u00a0 Robert Frost writes about dim light more as an essential need than a grinding burden; when he writes \u201cmore divine than any bulb or arc\u201d he refers to arc lights and light bulbs. \u00a0Arc lights were the first economically feasible source of electrical power based artificial light. \u00a0Immensely bright, they hurt your eyes to look at and so were hard to manage. \u00a0Hard to breathe around them too because they gave off what people often called \u201cnoxious fumes.\u201d \u00a0Back in 1875, though, people thought of them as the march of progress. \u00a0 R Frost had another idea, as poets often do.<\/p>\n

December 18\u2019s sings, \u00a0in \u00a0\u201cO Antiphon # 2\u201d, of Adonai the Lord and Leader appearing in the fire of the burning bush of Moses in the Sinai. \u00a0 \u00a0Today\u2019s wise American poet, Robert Frost, instead, sings praise of the stars and the night. \u00a0Best to read the poem out loud, \u00a0with pauses. \u00a0 Today\u2019s early winter sky is going to be alive with brilliant sun. \u00a0Enjoy this bath of light and, when it arrives, \u00a0may the long night anoint you.<\/p>\n

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John sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0Robert Frost \u201cThe Literate Farmers and the Planet Venus\u201d<\/p>\n

Here come the stars to character the skies,
\nAnd they in the estimation of the wise
\nAre more divine than any bulb or arc,
\nBecause their purpose is to flash and spark,
\nBut not to take away the precious dark.
\nWe need the interruption of the night
\nTo ease attention off when overtight,
\nTo break our logic in too long a flight,
\nAnd ask us if our premises are right<\/p>\n

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O Antiphon # 2 \u00a0\u2013 \u201cO Adonai<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cO Lord above and ruler of the house of Israel,
\nwho appeared to Moses in the flaming bush,
\nwho gave the Law to him on Mt Sinai
\nCome and save us with your strong arm\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Post: \u00a0\u201cO Adonai\u201d<\/p>\n

To listen to the Antiphon sung in Gregorian Chant
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CvafrxZ_Ww4<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Frost 1874-1963<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, December 18 \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0\u201cto ease attention off when overtight\u201d We are 4 days out from the winter solstice, (http:\/\/www.calendarpedia.com\/when-is\/winter-solstice.html). \u00a0 But that\u2019s for the future. \u00a0Now is a time to treat long nights with respect (today: sunrise 7:56 am … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2850,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions\/2850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}