Great O Antiphons Metapost
OR Several years now I’ve posted a series of Meditations on the “Great O Antiphons” that were used in the western Church during Advent. There are enough of them to cover the entire season of the Nativity Fast (new calendar), if they are broken up into short periods of time and we use the odd 8th antiphon used in the Sarum Use.
The time is once again upon us! The season of Advent begins (for Eastern Rite) on Sunday 15 November and for Western Rite on 29 November (But if you’re using the RCL, I think a case could be made for starting on the 15th as well). I will once again be doing the Meditations on the Great O Antiphons, spaced out, as I do, over the course of the Eastern Rite fast.
As will come as no surprise to a lot of you, I am wrestling with unemployment, vocation and a struggling church plant this year. So those topics will, probably, show up in my meditations – along with a side dose of my continued discussions on Messianic Reconstrucitonism (or whatever it comes to be called).
But once again, I invite you to join me by posting your own! To join is simple: keeping to the posted schedule, on your own blog (or facebook page) post a meditation or response or image or whatever.
The dates are as follows:
- O Sapientia – XI.15
- O Adonai – XI.20
- O Radix Jesse – XI.25
- O Clavis David – XI.30
- O Oriens – XII.5
- O Rex Gentium – XII.10
- O Emmanuel – XII.15
- O Virgo – XII.20
The full text of the antiphons is here. There is also a long essay on them in the wiki.
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Tags: advent, antiphons, church, fast, liturgy | Category: church geekery, contemplation, liturgy, saints and days
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