{"id":303,"date":"2010-02-02T07:02:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadsfromemmaus.wordpress.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2010-02-02T07:02:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:02:42","slug":"canticle-for-the-meeting-of-our-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/2010\/02\/02\/canticle-for-the-meeting-of-our-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Canticle for the Meeting of our Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/02\/candlemas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/02\/candlemas.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Candlemas\" width=\"368\" height=\"298\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/02\/candlemas.jpg 368w, https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/02\/candlemas-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail, Giovanni Bellini, <i>Presentation of Jesus at the Temple<\/i>, (c. 1470), Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul><b>Canticle for the Meeting of Our Lord<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Long years ago I heard the Voice of God\u2014<br \/>\nforeshadowing to me the news of Christ,<br \/>\nthat death I would not see &#8217;til I had seen<br \/>\nth&#8217;awaited coming of the Son of Man.<br \/>\n&#8220;Behold, the Virgin shall conceive,&#8221; I read,<br \/>\nIsaiah&#8217;s vision did foretell the One<br \/>\nto bring salvation to old Israel,<br \/>\nHis flesh and blood to feed the race of man.<br \/>\nAnd so I prayed, my face upon the ground,<br \/>\nto see the Son of God, the great I AM,<br \/>\nthe icon of the mighty Father God,<br \/>\nincarnate for us sons of Israel.<br \/>\nBoth night and light, at every hour and time,<br \/>\nwith tears I prayed: O Lord, O Lord! How long?<br \/>\nA Light we need, for revelation true,<br \/>\nthe glory of Thy people Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the day, within the Temple&#8217;s gates,<br \/>\nwherein we saw the coming of the Lord\u2014<br \/>\na host of angels gathered &#8217;round, I felt,<br \/>\nas two from Galilee did enter in:<br \/>\nThe good old man, the righteous Joseph there,<br \/>\nand at his side a young and spotless Maid;<br \/>\nshe held within her arms a newborn Child,<br \/>\nWho&#8217;d breathed our earthly air but forty days.<br \/>\nThey brought with them the sacrifice, two birds,<br \/>\naccording to the Law of Moses&#8217; words.<\/p>\n<p>And then, she brought to me the Child\u2014my God<br \/>\nwas laid so tenderly within my arms,<br \/>\nHis infant breath upon my hands I felt,<br \/>\nHis holy breath upon my sinful hands.<br \/>\nI stood, Creator held by creature&#8217;s arms,<br \/>\nthe Living Word and Son of Most High God<br \/>\nnow meets the tired and war-worn Israel,<br \/>\nthe faithless bride has now beheld her groom.<br \/>\n&#8220;O Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant part<br \/>\nin peace, according to Thy word of truth:<br \/>\nBehold! my eyes have seen salvation&#8217;s birth,<br \/>\nwhich Thou prepared before the face of all,<br \/>\nthe Light we need, for revelation true,<br \/>\nthe glory of Thy people Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then Joseph and the Virgin stood amazed,<br \/>\nto hear such truths as these which God had shown<br \/>\nto me so many long, long years before.<br \/>\nI gave to them the blessing of the Lord,<br \/>\nthe Lord Who slept there as an infant Child,<br \/>\nthen said to them, &#8220;Behold, O Virgin pure,<br \/>\nthis Child will be the rise and fall of men<br \/>\nof Israel, a sign which shall be mocked;<br \/>\nAnd, lo, a sword will pierce thy soul as well,<br \/>\nthe thoughts of many men will be revealed.&#8221;<br \/>\nThen prophetess, the righteous Anna, came,<br \/>\nand she rejoiced as well to see His day,<br \/>\nthanksgiving sang unto the Lord Most High,<br \/>\nand preached of the Redeemer&#8217;s blessed birth.<\/p>\n<p>The Virgin and the good old man returned<br \/>\nto Galilee, performing all the things<br \/>\nrequired by Moses&#8217; ancient Jewish Law.<br \/>\nThe Child, He grew, His spirit strong and good,<br \/>\nwith wisdom filled and filled with grace;<br \/>\nHe bore mankind&#8217;s salvation on His back,<br \/>\nour essence taken to Himself, while yet<br \/>\nretaining without change His place as God.<br \/>\nOur God became a man that we might live<br \/>\nand grow as gods, to fullness of the Christ.<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canticle for the Meeting of Our Lord Long years ago I heard the Voice of God\u2014 foreshadowing to me the news of Christ, that death I would not see &#8217;til I had seen th&#8217;awaited coming of the Son of Man. &#8220;Behold, the Virgin shall conceive,&#8221; I read, Isaiah&#8217;s vision did foretell the One to bring salvation to old Israel, His flesh and blood to\u2026 <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/2010\/02\/02\/canticle-for-the-meeting-of-our-lord\/\">  <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/i> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[568,579],"tags":[862],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feasts","category-poetry","tag-poetry"],"yoast_head":"<title>Canticle for the Meeting of our Lord &#8212; Fr. 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