A Day in the Life of a Carmelite Nun (Part 5)-- Terce (Part 2)
Welcome back! Last time we looked at day three of creation in relation to the Mass, since in our community's schedule, the Mass typically precedes Terce. This time we will examine Terce. It may be a "little hour," and it roughly only takes about five minutes to pray each morning, but there is a lot to explore within this little hour and the time of the day in which it is prayed. We are currently only relating Terce to the first half of day three of creation, which says: "Then God said: Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear. And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land “earth,” and the basin of water He called “Sea.” God saw that it was good… ” ~ Genesis 1:9 - 10 We will examine part two of day three later. Also, last time we said that the separation of water from land creates a desert where we make sacrifices and are purified. With...