Into the ancient Holy LandBehold, the Son of God is come to Man.Hic est enim calix sanguinis mei
In innocence fall all heroes and their creedsAn age is done, an age from here proceeds.Qui pro vobis et pro multis effendetur
In remissionem peccatorumWhat consuming pagan fires could not do:A covenant of love and Word made flesh, in you.Hoc est enim Corpus MeumSleep swells His breast, though heavy pressed,By Golgotha, and Adam's sin,and the hopes of he who signs his name herein.Joyous Christmas,Jesse
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863

