Happy Sunday. The “Rorate Caeli” is a hymn that appears in the liturgy this time of year at the end of Advent. Continuing with “Dies Domini,” paragraph fifteen: All human life, and therefore all human time, must become praise of the Creator and thanksgiving to him. But mans relationship with God also demands times of explicit prayer, in which the relationship becomes an intense dialogue, involving every dimension of the person. The Lords Day is the day of this relationship par excellence when men and women raise their song to God and become the voice of all creation. This is precisely why it is also the day of rest. Speaking vividly as it does of renewal and detachment, the interruption of the often oppressive rhythm of work expresses the dependence of man and the cosmos upon God. Everything belongs to God! The Lords Day returns again and again to declare this principle within the weekly reckoning of time. The Sabbath has therefore been interpreted evocatively as a determining element in the kind of sacred architecture of time which marks biblical revelation. It recalls that the universe and history belong to God; and without a constant awareness of that truth, man cannot serve in the world as co-worker of the Creator.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:44:00 +0000
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