Great O Antiphon, December 23 – O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations and their Salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our […]
Read moreGreat O Antiphon, December 23 – O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations and their Salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our […]
Read moreGreat O Antiphon for December 22 – O Rex gentium – O King of the nations, and their Desire, you are the cornerstone who makes us both […]
Read moreDecember 21 at Vespers – O Oriens – O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. O Morning […]
Read moreDecember 20 at Vespers – O Clavis David – O Key of David, and Scepter of the house of Israel, you open and no one can shut, […]
Read moreVespers, December 19 – O Radix Jesse – O Root of Jesse, you stand as an ensign to the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, […]
Read moreDecember 17 – The “Great O” Antiphons begin at Vespers as Magnificat antiphons – The importance of the “O Antiphons” is twofold. First, each one is a […]
Read moreMagnificat – Antiphon: When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, she exclaimed with a loud cry, and said: why is this granted me, that the mother of […]
Read moreEastertide at Vespers – Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent, alleluia, alleluia. ~Magnificat Antiphon ~Image: Bishop Bischoff gives […]
Read moreFirst Vespers of the Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday) – I have power to lay down my life, and to take it up again. ~Magnificat Antiphon […]
Read moreLent at Vespers – You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve. ~Magnificat Antiphon in Lent until Palm Sunday
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