O: The Magnificat Antiphons, Part V
5. O Oriens
O Morning Star,
splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
Sun is our morning star,
up today, here, North,
as late as it goes,
down as early.
Like Rain, Sun
doesn’t care who we are,
even if we’re righteous,
even terrible.
Risen with healing in its wings—
see the wings?—
it drives the darkness out.
So they say.
Come then, Dayspring.
Come Sun, Yellow Star.
Come Enlightening.
Come back.
Wake us up.
Make us new.
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