{"id":3301,"date":"2008-07-13T09:29:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-13T09:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/07\/turn-on-us-thy-healing-face\/"},"modified":"2008-07-13T09:29:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-13T09:29:42","slug":"turn-on-us-thy-healing-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/07\/turn-on-us-thy-healing-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn On Us Thy Healing Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTwo strophes from this morning’s hymn<\/a> at Lauds seemed to come to life as I sang them in the sunlight of this new Day of the Lord:
\nIesu, labantes respice
\net nos videndo corrige;
\nsi respicis, lapsus cadunt
\nfletuque culpa solvitur.<\/em>
\nTu, lux, refulge sensibus
\nmentisque somnum discute;
\nte nostra vox primum sonet,
\net vota solvamus tibi.<\/em>
\nThe Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman translates:
\nJesu, Master! when we sin,
\nTurn on us Thy healing Face;
\nIt will melt the offence within
\nInto penitential grace.<\/em>
\nBeam on our bewildered mind,
\nTill its dreamy shadows flee;
\nStones cry out where Thou hast shined,
\nJesu! musical with Thee.<\/em>
\nPraying Audibly<\/strong>
\nDiocesan priests, deacons, and others who, for one reason or another, pray the Hours alone will find that if they recite or chant them audibly, respecting the rhythm and pauses of choral prayer, the sacred texts more easily descend into the heart. There one begins to experience the sacramental quality of the Divine Office; it is, in fact, a holy communion with the prayer of the ascended and risen Christ, our Eternal High Priest, to the Father.
\nWith the Body<\/strong>
\nWhenever possible, even in private recitation, adopt the traditional bodily attitudes and gestures of the Divine Office: standing, sitting, kneeling, bowing, and signing oneself with the Cross. Saint Benedict enjoined those of his monks who found themselves far from the oratory of the monastery at the hour of prayer to perform the Work of God “on bended knee”, that is, without omitting the body’s tribute to the Divine Majesty (RSB 50<\/a>).
\nIn a Sacred Space<\/strong>
\nIn this age of locked churches and the decline of parish-based neighbourhoods, it is not always possible to pray in the presence of the Most Holy Sacrament. A domestic oratory, even if it is no more than a corner in one’s apartment or an empty closet refreshed with a coat of paint, is a permanent invitation to return to prayer faithfully. The soul finds peace in repairing to a space of beauty set aside for the glory of God. There, by means of sacred images, the “Healing Face” of Our Lord shines into the soul, while the Mother of God, the Angels and the saints offer the comfort of a familiar presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two strophes from this morning’s hymn at Lauds seemed to come to life as I sang them in the sunlight of this new Day of the Lord: Iesu, labantes respice et nos videndo corrige; si respicis, lapsus cadunt fletuque culpa solvitur. Tu, lux, refulge sensibus mentisque somnum discute; te nostra vox primum sonet, et vota <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liturgical-texts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Rf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}