Awake the Dawn
By Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap.
Psalm 57:8 declares: "Awake, my soul, Awake O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!" This is a poetic verse, but does it make sense? Normally, we think of the dawn awakening us as the first light comes through our bedroom window. But we never think that we must get out of bed when it is still dark so that we will awake the dawn – that if we do not awake the dawn, the dawn will not arrive.
The Old Testament temple faced east. It did so that it might symbolize the light of God's presence within the temple. Each day, without failure, the dawning day…
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