Just a glimpse

Of December at Hillsdale. Mom very bravely and kindly let me take her amazing camera to school, and if you follow this link, you can see how weird we are. I mean, what life is like at a liberal arts college. :-)

Advent encouragement

::~::And, on another note, I've been reading this sermon by Pastor John Piper, Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel. It's such a good sermon to read before Christmas, to remember Who Jesus is and why we celebrate His birth- something I have to purposefully do when I'm at school and studying for finals. I hope it encourages you as much as it has been encouraging me. ::~::

O Magnum Mysterium

I've been studying for my Music History final today, and am reviewing Tomas Luis de Victoria's masses and motets right now... this one is especially haunting and beautiful, and was written for Christmas. :-)

O Magnum Mysterium, et admirable
sacramentum, ut animalia
viderent Dominum natum,
iacentem in praesepio.
O beata Virgo,
cuius viscera meruerunt portare
Dominum Iesum Christum. Amen.

O great mystery and awesome
sacrament, that the animals
should see the Lord, newly born,
lying in the manger.
O blessed Virgin,
whose womb was worthy of bearing
the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

this is what happens...

during the last week and a half of school. After Messiah, dorm christmas party, and a last article written... four finals and one essay for Tracy to go! (Tracy Lee Simmons is one of my journalism professors. If you don't know who he is, go look up his book Climbing Parnassus, or read some National Review magazine archives :-) )
p.s. I have Mom's wonderful camera here, and I'll put up pictures as soon as I have a camera cord that fits it :)