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We continue our community's tradition of listening to short reflections on each of the great O-Antiphons of the final days of Advent. These uniquely beautiful antiphons are sung at Mass and Vespers during the 17th-23rd of December. Each one calls upon an allegorical image of Christ from the Old Testament, with the refrain, "O Come!" The reflections are prepared by the abbess or a sister delegated by her.
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O-Antiphon Reflections
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December 23
O Emmanuel, our king and lawgiver, hope of the nations and their Savior: come! Save us, O Lord our God!Read More -
December 22
O King of the nations, so long desired, the corner-stone making Jew and Gentile one: come! Save mankind whom you formed from clay!Read More -
December 21
O Dawn, splendor of eternal light and sun of justice: come! Give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death!Read More -
December 20
O Key of David, scepter of the house of Israel, what you open none can shut, and what you shut, none can open: come! Bring the prisoner out of his dungeon where he sits in darkness and the shadow of death!Read More -
December 19
O Root of Jesse, standard raised for all people—kings will stand dumb in your presence, the Gentiles will pay you homage: come! Deliver us! No longer delay!Read More -
December 18
O Adonai, ruler of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the burning bush, and gave him the law on Sinai, come! Stretch forth your arm to redeem us!Read More -
December 17
O Wisdom, uttered by the mouth of the Most High, reaching from one end of earth to the other with great power, yet ordering all things with gentleness, come! Teach us the way of prudence!Read More
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