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Friday, December 4, 2009

Friday Devotional - The One Who is to Come

The One Who is to Come, originally uploaded by Lawrence OP.

Prepare to meet God.

1. Sinner, art thou still secure ?
Wilt thou still refuse to pray ?
Can thy heart or hands endure
In the Lord's avenging day ?
See his mighty arm is bared!
Awful terrors clothe his brow !
For his judgment stand prepared,
Thou must either break or bow.

2 At his presence nature shakes,
Earth affrighted hastes to flee,
Solid mountains melt like wax,
What will then become of thee ?
Who his advent may abide ?
You that glory in your shame,
Will you find a place to hide
When the world is wrapt in flame ?

3 Then the rich, the great,the wise,
Trembling, guilty, self-condemn'd,
Must behold the wrathful eyes
Of the judge they once blasphemed :
Where are now their haughty looks ?
Oh their horror and despair,
When they see the open'd books,
And their dreadful sentence hear.

4 Lord, prepare us by thy grace !
Soon we must resign our breath,
And our souls be call'd to pass
Through the iron gate of death;
Let us now our day improve,
Listen to the gospel-voice;
Seek the things that are above,
Scorn the world's pretended joys.

5 Oh ! when flesh and heart shall fail,
Let thy love our spirits cheer,
Strengthen'd thus we shall prevail
Over Satan, sin, and fear :
Trusting in thy precious name,
May we thus our journey end;
Then our foes shall lose their aim,
And the Judge will be our friend.

The term 'Advent' connotes not only an arrival, but also that which is yet to come. The very word itself expresses a strange interpenetration of the present and the future, of what now exists and what is yet to come, of possession and expectation. So too, in the liturgy of Advent, the present and future of Christian salvation are mysteriously interwoven. The incarnation of the Word of God took place in the past and still continues in the present. Christ's return to judge all men and to complete his redeeming work is an event of the future, and yet is constantly on the point of coming. The expectation of this return and the memorial of his entrance into the world are both celebrated in the liturgy." - Karl Rahner SJ.

Come, Lord Jesus!

This stained glass roundel showing the advent of Christ is in the east end of the church of St Michael in Cornhill, in the City of London.

Filed under Blog of Father Richard Dalton, Christian Art, End Time, Faith, Friday Devotion, Grace, Jesus by richarddalton14

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