Since St. Ezekiel is the unofficial patron saint of gamers, this is a very important day to remember!
(Some would say this is because he was commanded by God to draw a map, make a model siege of Jerusalem, and play a tabletop wargame in Ezekiel 4:1, and then spend a couple years live roleplaying being caught in a siege — all as a warning to the folks of Jerusalem. Some would say it’s because his vision of the Valley of Dry Bones launched a thousand stop-action horror effects. But others would say this is because God commanded him in Ezekiel 4:4 to lay around the house all day eating junky food, for more than a year.)
Here’s another hymn for prophet and patriarch saints, from Mone’s Lateinische Hymnen des Mittelalters, #638:
De patriarchis et prophetis.
O patriarchae gloria
sublimes, o prophetae,
vestra peto suffragia
Dei fortes athletae!
Ne mentem gravent vitia,
subsidium praebete,
ut fruar pacis gratia
in virtutis quiete.
O patriarchs, o prophets,
In glory may you soar on high.
I ask your prayer support,
Strong athletes of God!
So vices won’t hold down my thoughts,
Provide me help;
That I may enjoy the grace of peace
calmly, in virtue.
I’m a bit disappointed that I haven’t found any Ezekiel hymns specifically. I’m sure they are out there, and that wheels are involved.
Those posters are hilarious. Well done.
There is an African American spiritual which says,
“Ezekiel saw the wheel
‘way up in the middle of the air.”
Another one says,
“Ezekiel connected those dry bones, etc.
Foot bone connected to the shin bone,
the shin bone connected to the knee bone, etc.
There may be others. I would have to look.