{"id":3725,"date":"2020-12-17T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:45:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:45:37","slug":"dec-17-o-antiphon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2020\/12\/17\/dec-17-o-antiphon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 17 “O Antiphon”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advent folds toward Christmas with O Antiphon 1: \u201cO Sapientia\u201d the first day<\/strong>
\nMonday 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 seven monastic liturgical hours.\u00a0 Their poetry and song bring Advent wisdom to bear on this \u00a0season of fear and meanness and dawning joy. \u00a0 They remind us that our hard times come to us as only part of a vast historical fabric, that hope runs deeper by far than the weariness of ourselves and of the women and men among whom we live. \u00a0When I follow the news and bring my 2020 awareness into the antiphons, they help me walk the world a little taller and with attentive sensual awareness.<\/p>\n

May these prayers do something like that for you too. \u00a0D. H. Lawrence, of Lady Chatterley fame, wrote poetry as well. \u00a0Here is an Advent prayer if there ever was one. \u00a0 Blessings for each of the coming seven \u201cO antiphon\u201d days.<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Post \u00a0<\/strong>\u201cthe three strange angels\u201d<\/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

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 17 \u00a0\u2014 \u201cO Sapientia\u201d<\/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.\u201d<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Advent folds toward Christmas with O Antiphon 1: \u201cO Sapientia\u201d the first day Monday December 17 \u00a0\u2014 \u201cIt is the 3 strange angels . .\u00a0. \u201d The \u201cO Antiphons\u201d are one of the few song-sets from the seven monastic liturgical … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3726,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}