“And I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying, ‘O Lord GOD, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god [...]
“Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. But [...]
“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, ‘Let me pass through your land. I will go only [...]
“Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the LORD told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir. Then [...]
“And the LORD heard your words and was angered, and he swore, ‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to [...]
And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. “Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that [...]
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. It [...]
Deuteronomy is a series of sermons preached by Moses on the eastern side of the Jordan River, as he prepares the people of Israel to cross over and conquer the [...]
Background The Nunc Dimittis is the most widely sung of the four canticles of Advent. It has served as the primary Post-Communion Canticle in the Divine Service liturgies and in [...]
Background The Gloria in Excelsis is the song of the angels to the shepherds in the fields outside Bethlehem. For centuries, it has been used as the canticle that follows [...]