The final Advent Antiphon (23 Dec) is O Virgo virginum (O Virgin of virgins). O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. O Virgo virginum, … Continue reading O Virgo virginum
O Emmanuel
The Advent Antiphon of Today (22 Dec) is O Emmanuel. O Emmanuel, our King and our Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations, and their Salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our God. O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. From the English Hymnal
O Rex Gentium
The Advent Antiphon of today (21 Dec) is O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations) 👑 O King of the Nations, and their desire, the Corner-stone, who makest both one: Come and save mankind, which you formedst from clay. O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva … Continue reading O Rex Gentium
O Oriens
The Advent Antiphon of Today (20 Dec) is O Oriens (O Morning Star) 🌅 O Day-spring, Brightness of Light Everlasting, and Morning Star, Sun of Righteousness:Come and enlighten him that sitteth in darkness and the shadow of death. O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
Solemn Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday in Advent and the Forty-First Sunday in COVIDtide
Morning Prayer for Advent 4 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -Matthew 3. 2 Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand Advent Prose (Rorate caeli / Drop down, ye heavens) (https://youtu.be/A2aKSpxFymQ) Psalms: 33 (Salisbury Cathedral … Continue reading Solemn Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday in Advent and the Forty-First Sunday in COVIDtide
O Clavis David
Today’s Advent Antiphon is O Clavis David (O Key of David) 🗝 O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel; that openest, and no man shutteth, and shuttest, and no man openeth: Come and bring the prisoner out of the prison-house, and him that sitteth in darkness and the shadow of death. … Continue reading O Clavis David
O Radix Jesse
The Advent antiphon for 18 December is O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse) O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign of the people, at whom kings shall shut their mouths,to whom the Gentiles shall seek: Come and deliver us with an outstretched arm. O radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super … Continue reading O Radix Jesse
O Adonai
17 Dec: O Adonai (O Lord), the second of the great Advent Antiphons. O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel, who appearedst in the bush to Moses in a flame of fire, and gavest him the Law in Sinai: Come and deliver us with an outstretched arm. O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, … Continue reading O Adonai
O Sapientia
Happy O Sapientia (an ancient Advent hymn) and a solemn Advent Ember Day. Today begins the Great Os or the O Antiphons of Advent. Which means Christmas is only 9 days away! O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae. … Continue reading O Sapientia
Solemn Morning Prayer for the Third Sunday in Advent and the Fortieth Sunday in COVIDtide
Morning Prayer for Advent 3 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -Matthew 3. 2 Advent Prose (Rorate caeli / Drop down, ye heavens) (https://youtu.be/A2aKSpxFymQ) Psalms: 11, 12 (Exeter Cathedral Choir) 1st Lesson: Isaiah 25. 1-9 2nd Lesson: Matthew 25. 1-30 Hymn: On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry (https://youtu.be/a-n_iUv9NII (sung by the … Continue reading Solemn Morning Prayer for the Third Sunday in Advent and the Fortieth Sunday in COVIDtide
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