THE RADIANCE AND WISDOM OF OUR TRIUNE GOD

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 stmikes 1077 Views

“Thus says the Wisdom of God:
‘The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,
the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago;
from of old I, Wisdom, was poured forth,
at the first, before the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains or springs of water;
before the mountains were settled into place,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
while as yet the earth and fields were not made,
nor the first clods of the world.'” Proverbs 8:22-26

Each morning countless Christians throughout the world begin their day by turning to God and singing songs of praise to our God whose beautiful creation is here, once again, to greet them. Their prayer begins with a song like this ancient hymn, composed long ago by St. Ambrose, sung for more than sixteen hundred years. Let us join our voices with theirs in praise of our Truine God who created us and this beautiful, wonder-filled world to which we awake each morning.

(Below is a link to the song. Personally, I find it helpful to stop the linked video after each stanza while I look contemplate the words and the trees and sky I see before me, speaking to God, first, contemplating the stanza’s words then being with God in the silence.)

Sister Loretta

O GOD THE LAMP OF HEAVEN HIGH
Author: St. Ambrose (c. 339 – c. 397), Bishop of Milan, theologian and statesman.

O God the lamp of heaven high
And source of light: Your shining Hand
Unrolls the banner of the sky,
Upholding it above the land.

Dawn, casting up a crimson tide,
Has veiled the stars that saw its rise;
The morning breezes, far and wide,
With dewy breath the earth baptize.

The darkness from the sky has gone
As nightly shadows pass away;
The morning star, sign of the Son,
Arising, wakes the sleepy day.

O God, O radiance wonderful,
Most glorious day and fairest light:
One God, in all things powerful,
Three Persons, matchless in one might!

To you, our Savior, brightest, best,
On bended knee our prayer we raise;
To Father and to Spirit blest,
With all our pow’r, we offer praise. Amen.

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