Before Sunset

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The sun sets rather swiftly these days, the days are shorter.

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'And when Moyses lifted up his hands, Israel overcame: but if he did let them down a little, Amalec overcame. And the hands of Moyses were heavy: therefore they took a stone, and put under him, Whereupon he sate: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands on both sides. And it came to pass that his hands were not weary until sunset.'

Exodus 17:11-12

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As St. John of Damascus says, this prefigures the Cross.

How many times we read in the Old Testament of the sign of the cross!