12/18, Third Friday of Advent
Christ our King is coming,
he is the Lamb foretold by John.
This is quite the antiphon! Here we have the two great ends of the
spectrum. Christ is the King of
kings. The greatest. Christ is also the Sacrificial Lamb. The lowest.
We anticipate the coming of this great mystery. How and why would God, the All-Powerful,
humble Himself first to come as a lowly baby human, and then offer Himself as
the Eternal Sacrifice? What Great Love
is this? Human minds cannot comprehend.
O sacred Lord of ancient Israel, who
showed yourself to Moses in the burning bush, who gave him the holy law on
Sinai mountain:
come, stretch out your mighty hand to
set us free.
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