Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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"Rise, Crowned with Light"
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"Rise, Crowned with Light"

Alexander Pope, 1712

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When Jesus approached the blind beggar in Jerusalem who was begging for alms, he asked him what he wanted from him, and the beggar replied, “Lord, that I may see." The man had been blind from birth. I often wonder how we who have vision can possibly describe it to the blind. They must know that we are able, with our eyes — which they know they have, a…

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