tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post3050566918501570180..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Phos Hilaron's Many Faces...William Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-74513781349164446602008-07-04T09:54:00.000-05:002008-07-04T09:54:00.000-05:00Mine too. How can singing words give you such pea...Mine too. How can singing words give you such peace? People have to experience it in is setting. As the sun is dropping, as the day's work has come to its end, and suddenly you realize you are standing with Adam and Even in the cool of the day and the One who is Joyous Light is coming to visit you, to give you a Light that no darkness can take away. No wonder that in the prayer following Phos Hilaron we cry out: For You are good and You love Your whole creation, and we Your creatures glorify You: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Amen.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-936748249476044152008-07-04T01:00:00.000-05:002008-07-04T01:00:00.000-05:00I first discovered this hymn on a CD by Paul Avger...I first discovered this hymn on a <A HREF="http://www.magnatune.com/artists/albums/avgerinos-phos/" REL="nofollow">CD by Paul Avgerinos</A>, so I'm a little partial to the Book of Common Prayer's translation:<BR/><BR/>O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!<BR/><BR/>Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.<BR/><BR/>You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of life, and to be glorified through all the worlds.<BR/><BR/><BR/>There is definitely something uniquely stirring about this song in any translation. It has a mysterious quality (the "new-age" setting of the CD I linked to probably helps - lol), which reminds me of God's transcendence and of the rich history of the Church that has brought us hymns like these. It's absolutely a favorite of mine.Anonymous Lutheranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13146153012785131550noreply@blogger.com