In these "carnival" days before Lent (Latin: carne, meat; vale, goodbye), our family celebrates with Haydel's famous King Cake from New Orleans, which comes with fun beads, Mardi Gras music, and a parade guide. It makes for a fun preparation as we clean out the cupboards of meat and sugar in the days before our Lenten fast (to begin this coming Ash Wednesday). This year, Anna found the hidden baby Jesus in her slice of cake: it was a cute moment, as she incredulously exclaimed, "What is this!?" With her discovery, Anna is Mardi Gras Queen in our house, and she will be my designated helper for next year's carnivale celebrations!
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Friday, February 12, 2016
Miserere Mei Deus
Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.
Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me.
Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris.
Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum: et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: ncerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi.
Asperges me hysopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam: et exsultabunt ossa humiliata.
Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.
Ne proiicias me a facie tua: et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui: et spiritu principali confirma me.
Docebo iniques vias tuas: et impii ad te convertentur.
Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meae: et exsultabit lingui mea justitiam tuam.
Domine, labia mea aperies: et os meum annuntaibit laudem tuam.
Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem utique: holocaustis non delectaberis.
Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies.
Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion: ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem.
Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, oblationes, et holocausta: tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.
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