{"id":28657,"date":"2019-12-22T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=28657"},"modified":"2019-12-23T08:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:04:44","slug":"december-22-o-rex-gentium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/22\/december-22-o-rex-gentium\/","title":{"rendered":"December 22: O Rex Gentium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i>O Rex gentium et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">O King of all peoples and their desire, corner stone that makes two sides one: come and save humanity that you formed from mud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>O Sovereign One&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>beyond all sovereignties&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>final fulfillment of all human desiring,&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>how I long for you!&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>In you alone&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>earth and heaven become one.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Come and bring heaven to earth,&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>to that earth from which you formed humanity.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">December 22, and three more shopping days until Christmas. I am beginning to get tired of <i>Bed Bath &amp; Beyond<\/i>. One piece does capture my attention, however, if only because its name reminds me of a theme in today\u2019s O-Antiphon. Earth Therapeutics Moisturizing Gloves and Socks promise to \u201chelp relieve dry hands and feet simply and affordably.\u201d The \u201csimply\u201d includes an overnight procedure: \u201c<i>Simply <\/i>apply your favorite lotion to the affected area before bedtime and put gloves or socks on. Leave on overnight for optimal results.\u201d What <b>is <\/b>truly simple is that one size fits all. I am unable to see what is \u201cEarth Therapeutic\u201d about all this, but I am struck with the O-Antiphon\u2019s sense that the final fulfillment of all human desiring is to weave heaven and earth into one. Maybe the Earth Therapeutics Moisturizing Gloves and Socks reflect a faint memory of the depth of this human desiring?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Only one more O-Antiphon and two more shopping days left to ponder such questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/O-Rex-gentium-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28658\" alt=\"O Rex gentium copy\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/O-Rex-gentium-copy.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3119,18],"tags":[588],"class_list":["post-28657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-plaza-new-ws","category-liturgy-of-the-hours","tag-o-antiphons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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