Sermon: Moving with Mary’s Song
... the Christmas story is not only about the birth of a tiny baby that would change the world, but it is also the story of a defiant young girl standing the pu...
Author: Fr. Peter
O Antiphons: December 23 ~ O Emmanuel (O With us is God
Latin: O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. Therefore the Lord himself will give...
The O Antiphons: December 22 ~ O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations
Latin: O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:veni, et salva hominem,quem de limo formasti. For to us a child is born, t...
Prayer for the Winter Solstice
And as we think of those leaves, and the passing of Winter through to the hope of a Springtime when life will emerge from the frozen earth, we remember that we ...
The O Antiphons: December 21 ~ O Oriens (O Dayspring)
Latin: O Oriens,splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. The people walking in darkness have seen a gr...
The O Antiphons: December 20 ~ O Clavis David (O Key of David)
Latin: O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;qui aperis, et nemo claudit;claudis, et nemo aperit:veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,sedentem in tenebris,...
The O Antiphons: December 19 ~ O Redix Jesse (O Root of Jesse)
Latin: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem Gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. T...
The O Antiphons: December 18th ~ O Adonai (O Lord)
Latin:O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,et ei in Sina legem dedisti:veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. Isaiah had ...
The O Antiphons: December 17 ~ O Sapientia (O Wisdom)
Latin:O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia:veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae I...
The O Antiphons
The O Antiphons are used during that last seven days of Advent during the evening service and begin with the vocative particle “O.”Each antiphon is a name of Ch...