Advent Calendar: Roman Angels 10

Angels above a Side Altar

Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano

Creator of the stars of night,

Thy people’s everlasting light,

Jesu, Redeemer, save us all,

And hear Thy servants when they call.
Advent Hymn #60
From The Hymnal 1982

Advent Calendar: Roman Angels 9

Closet Angels

in a vesting room of the Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano

Come, thou long expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in thee.
Advent Hymn # 66
from the Hymnal 1982

Advent Calendar: Roman Door 2

Bronze Doors of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano. These 3rd Century AD doors were installed in this basilica during the mid-17th Century renovations carried out by Francesco Borromini. He took them from the ancient Senate Building (called the Curia) in the Roman Forum. There are now copies of these doors on the Senate Building.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the rough places plain.
From Handel's Messiah: Part I

Tenor Air