A Fresh Coat of Paint
It’s about time I put a fresh coat of paint on this site and try to get back into the habit of blogging. I don’t know if there are many people out there still reading this blog or listening to the homilies that I post each month–I never have learned how to accurately interpret subscriber stats; but for those of you still subscribed and reading, thanks for sticking with me. If you’re reading this in a blog reader or your email app, then I encourage you to click on over to the website to see the new look.
The blog theme I’ve chosen is called Quintus, created by the good folks at Automattic, and I like its elegant simplicity. I’ve chosen the Archaic color scheme because I find it soothing and I like the way it looks with the header image.
The header image, by the way, comes from the painting The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet. I’ve adopted it as the main image for most of my various homes on the Internet: Twitter, Google+, iTunes, YouTube. What I love most about it is the reminder that prayer belongs in the midst of the day, and not just in the morning or evening. When I see the man and woman with bowed heads in the middle of the field, I’m reminded to pause during the heart of my day and have a little chat with God.
For today’s prayer, I copy here the antiphon for tonight’s Evening Prayer, the second of the seven “O Antiphons” which refer to Jesus by his ancient titles.
O Sacred Lord of ancient Israel, who showed yourself to Moses in the burning bush, who gave him the holy law on Sinai mountain: come, stretch out your mighty hand to set us free.
Fr. Austin Fleming has a beautiful meditation on today’s O Antiphon over at his blog, A Concord Pastor Comments. I highly recommend it.
