In the bleak midwinter.IT SNOWED YESTERDAY AND WILL AGAIN TOMORROW. But not now. The night is cold; the sky, clear. Guided by the Big Dipper, we walk to the edge of a forest where we stand, awed by the sight and witness of nature's grand cathedral. Its timber spires reach toward heaven. Its moon rose window transforms the scene with light reflected from the sun. Its arched doorways beckon beck·on v. beck·oned, beck·on·ing, beck·ons v.tr. 1. To signal or summon, as by nodding or waving. 2. us: Come, enter this house of worship Noun 1. house of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer house of God, house of prayer, place of worship bethel - a house of worship (especially one for sailors) . Come, further up, further in, through narthex narthex (när`thĕks), entrance feature peculiar to early Christian and Byzantine churches, although also found in some Romanesque churches, especially in France and Italy. and nave. Step in line with the world's oldest choir: trees praising their creator, clapping their hands. Hosanna Hosanna (hōzăn`ə) [Heb.,=save now; Psalm 118], an intensified imperative, a cry, addressed to God, particularly used in the Feast of Tabernacles, when prayers for rain were offered. joy in ordinary time. EVELYN BENCE, author of the children's book The Saint Who Became Santa Claus (Regina Press). [c] Evelyn Bence. Painting: Winter Moonlight by Charles Burchfield (1951, Wichita Museum of Art). |
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