12月, 考試季節.
連小姨甥(連同媽媽)也忙著準備人生的第一個考試.
當大家埋首於學業/搞camp的同時, 那邊卻傳來燥動不安的聲音:
印度德里鬧市五起爆炸百多人死傷 印度首都德里繁盛的商業購物區先後遭到五枚炸彈襲擊,據警方表示,至少造成20人死亡、約90人受傷。
泰政府欲奪回機場 示威者堅守陣地 泰國政府正在力圖奪回對機場的控制,並由此在目前這場危機中重佔上風。
11月30日是將臨期 (Advent) 的第一個主日, 預備迎接基督的降生(也期待基督的再來).
在這黑暗的世代, 期待著Shalom.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
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Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who orderest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
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O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.
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O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
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O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
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O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.
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O come, Thou Root of Jesse’s tree,
An ensign of Thy people be;
Before Thee rulers silent fall;
All peoples on Thy mercy call.
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O come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of Peace.