On the Third Sunday of Advent we encounter the following from Isaias at the Communion verse:
“Dícite: pusillánimes, confortámini et nolíte timére: ecce, Deus noster véniet et salvábit nos.”
My hand missal gave an English rendering along these line…
“Say: Ye fainthearted, take courage and fear not: behold our God will come, and will save us.”
And yet, my personal Latinist confirms for me that the word after “Dicite” could indeed be translated differently in modern English. Although I like the idea of telling all the pansy men out there to man up because God is coming, this is a family blog and I shall leave it to your imagination.
Nonetheless, man up, fellas. If those among us who head diocese aren’t willing to be men, then those of us who head families surely must. Now is not the time for the “fainthearted”. If I’ve learned anything this Advent it is that God comes for each of us. Stay confessed. Offer your sufferings to Him. Ask Him daily for good works to perform and He will give them to you. Offer them to Him as well. Pray much – every hour should be sanctified to Him in prayer.
Watch for Christ.
Watch with Christ.
O key of David, come!
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