I haven't talked about the "O Antiphons" on here. Because I am in a place where latin, chant, and the Tridentine Rite are not used sometimes these things slip past my radar.
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The "O Antiphons"
I would be remiss if I let the season pass without some mention. While reading Catholic Eye Candy today, I realized how much I miss the Tridentine Rite and more traditional aspects of the faith especially around HOLY days like Christmas. [Please don't get me wrong... I love the New Mass (Novus Ordo) and think that when it is said validly and licitly it carries with it the Mystery and the Glory of God just as the Tridentine, Dominican, and all the other more ancient rites.] They are essentially chants from the Liturgy of the Hours. They relate to different names of Christ and give us a glimpse as to He which is about to come.
The final O Antiphon is "Emmanuel." Check out the link Catholic Eye Candy for a taste of the Chant. It really is beautiful - please go check it out and have a listen.
Here are all the O Antiphons (from: Women for Faith & Family):
O WISDOM, who came from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly: Come, and teach us the way of prudence.
Sirach 24:2; Wisdom 8:1. Symbols: oil lamp, open book.
O LORD AND RULER of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: Come, and redeem us with outstretched arm.
Exodus 3:2, 20:1. Symbols: burning bush, stone tablets.
O ROOT OF JESSE, who stands for an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication: Come to deliver us, and tarry not.
Isaiah 11:1-3. Symbol: vine or plant with flower (especially a rose).
O KEY OF DAVID, and Scepter of the House of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens: Come, and bring forth the captive from his prison, he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Isaiah 22:22. Symbols: key; broken chains.
O DAWN OF THE EAST, brightness of the light eternal, and Sun of Justice: Come, and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Psalm 19:6-7. Symbol: rising sun.
O KING OF THE GENTILES and their desired One, the Cornerstone that makes both one: Come, and deliver man, whom You formed out of the dust of the earth.
Psalm 2:7-8, Ephesians 2:14-20. Symbols, Crown, scepter.
O EMMANUEL, God with us, our King and Lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: Come to save us, O Lord our God.
Isaiah 7:14; 33:22. Symbols: tablets of stone, Chalice and Host.
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