Table of Contents Contemplations on the Third Canticle’s Psali Watos for the Three Saintly Youth (Tenoueh ensok). With all our heart we follow You With all our heart we follow You,We fear You;And seek Your presence,God, do not put us to shame. Following You, Lord, is the best determination a person can make. Since You know all hearts, we follow You with all our hearts in fear unto eternity. I ask you to search my heart and allow me to accept thee as my Lord and Saviour.  Why do we fear You? I fear You because who am I to

Table of Contents Contemplations on the recitative hymn of Tentheeno. Arise, O children of the Light… Arise, O children of the Light, Let us praise the Lord of Hosts. Arise? Arise from what? Sleep? No, not just sleep, for I am awake and I have gathered with my brothers and sisters to praise in unison. Then what should I arise from? Arise from darkness, from sin, from death – for we are children of the Light. The Light is that of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have been buried with You, O Lord, and I rose in

Table of Contents Contemplations on the recitative hymn for the Resurrection of our Lord, Tennav. We look at the Resurrection… We look at the Resurrection of Christ We look in awe, we look in hope. We look at Him because it is folly to look at ourselves. We look at Him because if He does not, we are not. We look, but we look without worry… We look as those who are sitting on the verge of death, hoping on Him that He will rise, because His resurrection means our own!  We look and shall not be disappointed, because He

Table of Contents Contemplations on the First Canticle (Hos), the Song of Moses (Ex. 15). Then Moses and the Israelites… Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:  “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. “Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation” (Ps. 111:1). The children of Israel crossed the Red Sea by the mighty hand of God. The Lord Almighty has saved His people from the bondage of the Egyptians and has granted them freedom. For this

Table of Contents Contemplations on the Lobsh of the First Canticle (Hos). With the split… With the split, The waters of the sea split, And the very deep, Became a walkway. The Almighty God, with His great and awesome power, saves His people. Not only from the hands of the enemy but also from enslavement that they were in. The Lord, with His mighty hands, broke the chains of slavery and hardship, and provided freedom by opening a pathway in the middle of the sea for His children. He split the hearts of the people and gave them a way