{"id":2490,"date":"2017-12-17T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:47","slug":"the-first-o-antiphon-to-begin-the-fold-advent-toward-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/12\/17\/the-first-o-antiphon-to-begin-the-fold-advent-toward-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The first “O Antiphon” to begin the fold Advent toward Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday December 17 \u00a0\u2014 \u201cIt is the 3 strange angels . .\u00a0. \u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cO Antiphons\u201d are one of the few song sets from the Breviary of the monastic liturgical hours.\u00a0 They bring holy wisdom to bear on this year\u2019s season of fear and mean spirits to open our imaginations to hope that connects our 2017 with centuries of grace, a reminder that our hard times come to us as part of a vast historical fabric, deeper by far than the labors of the women and men who wrestle with each days news-worthy events. \u00a0When I follow the news and bring my 2017 awareness into these antiphons, they \u2014 their Gregorian Chant and Latin poetry and translations into my own language \u2014 my spirit finds a ground in history and beauty and I find that I walk this world with a more upright spine and attentive senses.<\/p>\n

May these prayers do something like that for you too.<\/p>\n

blessings each of the \u201cO\u201d days.<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post \u00a0<\/strong>\u201cthe three strange angels”<\/p>\n

D. H. Lawrence, of Lady Chatterley fame, wrote poetry as well.<\/p>\n

Here is an Advent prayer if there ever was one.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the knocking?
\nWhat is the knocking at the door in the night?
\nIt is somebody who wants to do us harm.
\nNo, no, it is the three strange angels. Admit them, admit them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s\u00a0Post \u00a0December 17 \u00a0\u2014 \u201cO Sapientia\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cO wisdom, coming forth from the Most High, filling all creation and reigning to the ends of the earth; come and teach us the way\u00a0of truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cO Sapientia, \u00a0quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti,\u00a0attingens a fine usque ad finem fortiter,suaviterque disponens omnia:\u00a0veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.”<\/p>\n

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To listen to the Antiphon sung in Gregorian Chant<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S6zaiZxJIpU<\/a><\/p>\n

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