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 Virgo virginum, quomodo fiet istud? Quia nec primam similem visa es nec habere sequentem. Filiae Ierusalem, quid me admiramini? Divinum est mysterium hoc quod cernitis.  Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before was any like you, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel you at me? That which you [...]

 Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, expectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.  Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the one awaited by the gentiles, and their Saviour: come to save us, Lord our God. This verse recaps all the previous ones – all of the titles are implied or stated openly. [...]

Sixth in the 2009 series on the Great O Antiphons. The complete text of the Antiphons is here, and a meta-post listing all the meditations is here.  Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. King of the Nations, and the one they desired, keystone, [...]

Malachi 3:1-4 Baruch 5:1-9 The Song of Zacharia Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 Year C – Advent, Revised Common Lectionary To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins. By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who [...]

Fifth in the 2009 series on the Great O Antiphons. The complete text of the Antiphons is here, and a meta-post listing all the meditations is here.  Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. Dawn, splendor of eternal light, and sun of justice, come, and shine on [...]

Fourth in the 2009 series on the Great O Antiphons. The complete text of the Antiphons is here, and a meta-post listing all the meditations is here.  Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel, qui aperis, et nemo claudit, claudis, et nemo aperuit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis. [...]

Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Year C – First Sunday of Advent – Revised Common Lectionary There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves… s I shared recently, whilst preaching [...]

Third in the 2009 series on the Great O Antiphons. The complete text of the Antiphons is here, and a meta-post listing all the meditations is here.  Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.  Root of Jesse, who stand [...]

2 Samuel 23:1-7 Psalm 132 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Psalm 93 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37 Year B Proper 29 (34) Revised Common Lectionary His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed. from thence he shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick [...]

Second in the 2009 series on the Great O Antiphons. The complete text of the Antiphons is here, and a meta-post listing all the meditations is here.  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. Adonai, and leader of [...]