Lent Reflection #13: Winter of my discontent
"Now is this winter of our discontent been made glorious summer by this son of York."
A famous line from Richard III. Richard III is a fascinating play, although a tad campy. He is so bad, so villainous, so slimy in Shakespeare's portrayal that he's hard to believe. And this line is not without irony, of course; while the first eleven words paint a beautiful picture, ascribing any good to "this son of York" is winking at the audience who knows what's going to happen.
This has been my winter of discontentment. I can say I am a different person because of the events of this winter, since October, really. No need to get into what and why.
It is glorious spring now. The light will be with us today until almost 8 p.m. There is hope.
Zacharias, when he got his voice back, said, at the end of his song/prophecy to his newborn son (Luke 1:76):
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the [j]Dayspring from on high [k]has visited us;
79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
"Dayspring" means "dawn." (what a beautiful image). The dawn has come after all these centuries of darkness since Malachi. The dawn has visited us to give light to those in darkness and death, to guide our feet int the way of peace."
A famous line from Richard III. Richard III is a fascinating play, although a tad campy. He is so bad, so villainous, so slimy in Shakespeare's portrayal that he's hard to believe. And this line is not without irony, of course; while the first eleven words paint a beautiful picture, ascribing any good to "this son of York" is winking at the audience who knows what's going to happen.
This has been my winter of discontentment. I can say I am a different person because of the events of this winter, since October, really. No need to get into what and why.
It is glorious spring now. The light will be with us today until almost 8 p.m. There is hope.
Zacharias, when he got his voice back, said, at the end of his song/prophecy to his newborn son (Luke 1:76):
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the [j]Dayspring from on high [k]has visited us;
79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
"Dayspring" means "dawn." (what a beautiful image). The dawn has come after all these centuries of darkness since Malachi. The dawn has visited us to give light to those in darkness and death, to guide our feet int the way of peace."
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