{"id":2853,"date":"2018-12-20T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:03","slug":"dec-20-antiphon-4-o-key-of-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/12\/20\/dec-20-antiphon-4-o-key-of-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 20 – Antiphon # 4 – “O Key of David”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday \u00a0December 20<\/strong>
\n“Come and lead us who sit\u00a0bound with chains\u00a0in the prison house”<\/p>\n

This morning I\u2019ll be driving the Ohio Turnpike to a working class suburb down river from Pittsburgh, Baden. \u00a0Spending some of the days deepest into Advent hanging out with 6 or 7 Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, soul friends of 40+ years. \u00a0We will tell each other stories of the year as it winds down towards the Christmas feast, \u00a0some of them playful, some tender, some alive with grief or anger: storytelling as prayer and kinship. These days are a seasonal grace as 2018 turns toward 2019. \u00a0It\u2019s only a short visit; \u00a0I\u2019ll savor Ohio\u2019s northern turnpike again on Sunday when I head back to Motown and our campus.<\/p>\n

Have a blest day, the last before Winter Solstice with its graceful turning in the dimmest light of the year.<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

O Antiphon #4\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>O Clavis David \u2013\u00a0O Key of David<\/p>\n

\u201cO Key of David,
\nand scepter of the house of Israel,
\nyou open and no one closes,
\nyou close and no one opens<\/p>\n

Come and lead us who sit\u00a0bound with chains\u00a0in the prison house,
\nsitting in darkness and the shadow of death.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Cam nose to window December 16, 2007
\nSometimes we get lucky and get good snow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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