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Tag Archives: religion
What Made Them a Holy Family? 2
The Holy Family did not come with a trouble free, prepackaged holy life.
Mary and Joseph had to struggle, face difficult trials, and figure many things out as they went along. What made them a holy family? More…
Christmas Eve 8
O Emmanuel, God is with Us 6
“O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O Lord our God.”
As the Prophet Isaiah foretold: More…
O Rex Gentium, Today’s O Antiphon Reply
O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay.
O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. More…
O Oriens! Reply
O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
O Morning Star,
“…splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. More…
O Key of David 1
O Key of David and scepter of the House of Israel; you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open: Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. More…
Paradoxical O Antiphon: O Root (and Fruit) of Jesse 7
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.
Today’s O Antiphon stems from to verses from the book of the prophet Isaiah: More…
O Adonai 3
O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.
When the Lord appeared to Moses in the burning bush, he revealed himself as “I AM,” in Hebrew, YHWH. Then he added: More…
O Antiphons During the Christmas Novena 3
God Is With Us
During the last 9 days before Christmas, the Christmas Novena, the Church invites us to meditate on the Incarnation of the Son of God and his coming to us as a child born of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Church has special prayers during these days called the O Antiphons, which are prayed each night along with the Magnificat during Evening Prayer for the Liturgy of the Hours. More…
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