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Christmas future, history in the telling, and panic in London

The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Dec 20, 2024
∙ Paid

Happy Friday, friends,

O clavis David
et sceptrum domus Israel;
qui áperis et nemo claudit;
claudis et nemo áperit:
veni et educ vinctum de domo cárceris,
sedéntem in ténebris et umbra mortis.

So goes today’s antiphon, hailing the coming Christ as the Key of David, He who opens what none may close, and who comes to lead free the captive and those who sit in da…

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