Since we are now in the season of Great Lent, we thought this would be a great time to focus on 2 specific rooms in our new temple: the Prothesis and Oratory
I think it was some where between 1996 and 1999 that this song played often and I put it in my Jesus song mix cd:)
Kinda brought a little tear to my eye, because I had some particularly difficult things in my life that ended in thanks and it was nice to remember them. :)
“Thine own of Thine own …” was one of the first declarations in divine liturgy that stopped me in my tracks. I really didn’t even “get it” but felt like it was a call to BE His own and bring ALL to Him. It shined a light on all I hold back (it still does), and all the manifold ways He out-gives , as the offering and offerer. It never gets old. 🥹By His mercy, one day, I’d like to find myself spent for and before Him. At least a halfway fragrant offering…May it be so.
The One who gives, the One who is given, and the One who receives the gift. As St. Paul says, “What do you have that you did not receive?” And yet we are still invited to make the offering. May God grant that our lives become, as you say, “halfway fragrant offerings.”
I think it was some where between 1996 and 1999 that this song played often and I put it in my Jesus song mix cd:)
Kinda brought a little tear to my eye, because I had some particularly difficult things in my life that ended in thanks and it was nice to remember them. :)
“Thine own of Thine own …” was one of the first declarations in divine liturgy that stopped me in my tracks. I really didn’t even “get it” but felt like it was a call to BE His own and bring ALL to Him. It shined a light on all I hold back (it still does), and all the manifold ways He out-gives , as the offering and offerer. It never gets old. 🥹By His mercy, one day, I’d like to find myself spent for and before Him. At least a halfway fragrant offering…May it be so.
The One who gives, the One who is given, and the One who receives the gift. As St. Paul says, “What do you have that you did not receive?” And yet we are still invited to make the offering. May God grant that our lives become, as you say, “halfway fragrant offerings.”