SANCTUM OF THE BATTLE ANGELS


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Let all mortal flesh keep silence, 
and with fear and trembling stand; 
ponder nothing earthly minded, 
for with blessing in his hand, 
Christ our God to earth descendeth, 
our full homage to demand

King of kings, yet born of Mary, 
as of old on earth he stood, 
Lord of lords, in human vesture - 
in the body and the blood- 
He will give to all the faithful
his own Self for heavenly food.
 

 Rank on rank the host of heaven 
spreads its vanguard on the way
As the Light of Light descendeth 
from the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away..

At his feet the six-winged seraph;
Cherubim with sleepless eye, 
Veil their faces to the Presence, 
as with ceaseless voice they cry, 
Alleluya, Alleluya, 
Alleluya, Lord most high.

- Liturgy of St. James

First let us become very silent.
Let us still the shouting of our brains, 
Let us still the thundering of our hearts, 
Let us be still and aware of our very flesh, 
of our body, 
of our breath, in and out, 
the sound and feel of it, 
of the beating of our hearts, 
of the pulse in our hands and of our feet, 
of the energy in our heads, in our palms, 
in the souls of our feet.. 


we relax, we are safe, we are silent. 
 
 

Round us are the witnesses.  We are with Angels, and with Archangels, 
with all the company of heaven, heaven, 
so close to us that it is with us every moment of every day, l
ongoing for an invitation to enter the fray with us and on our behalf. 

No matter what the cry of our lonely heart, 
the horror of the scene we have just left, 
the dreariness of the travail we are in, 
the terror of the memories that afflict us

here in this crypt, 
in the safety of this sanctuary, 
we are safe, 
we can be silent, 
we can be collected once again. 


It is indeed right, 
at all times, and in all places, 
that we should give thanks to Thee, O Lord. 

Therefore, let us lay aside whatever besieges us, 
whether from within or from without, and lift up our hearts, 
in the company of the Angels and of the ArchAngels, and of the whole congregation of Heaven let us say: 
 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Thou, Lord of Hosts, 
The whole earth is filled with your glory, 
Glory be to Thee on High. 



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