O Adonai - Banner
Author/Artist: The Benedictine Sisters of Turvey Abbey
December 18th :
O Adonai, leader of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the burning bush and gave him the Law on Sinai, come to rescue us with outstretched arm.
O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,
qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimendum nos in brachio exteno.
The text is based upon Exodus 3 and 6:6.
The Hebrew word 'Adonai' is left untranslated. It is one of the names of God, having the same vowels as those placed into YHWH consonants, producing Yahowah or Yahweh or Jehova.
At the burning bush God is reluctant to reveal his Son 'and gave him a name above all names'(see Philippians 2:9-11).
He it was who was present in the blaze of the burning bush and the lightening on Mount Sinai, he who said "I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already" (Luke 12:49).
The 'O-Antiphons':
A highlight of the Church's Advent Liturgy are the O-Antiphons. From December 17th-23rd they frame the Magnificat at Vespers.
Rich in symbolism and meaning they take us right from the beginning of creation, through the centuries of the world's waiting for the promised Messiah, calling upon him who was hidden in signs and symbols, and revealed when the fullness of time had come, leading us to the Mystery of the Incarnation and beyond, to the Paschal Mystery, the coming of the Holy Spirit and the Parousia.
The exact origin of the Latin texts is unknown. They may date from the sixth century. There is evidence to suggest that the texts were in liturgical use in Rome in the eighth century. Both the original Latin texts and an English translation are given here.
Arriving at the 7th Antiphon on December 23rd, we may discover that the letters of the Latin invocations, read from the last up to the first, form a wonderful acrostic, like God's answer to our prayer :
Sapienta
Adonai
Radix Jesse
Clavis David
Oriens
Rex Gentium
Emmanuel
ERO CRAS : I WILL BE HERE TOMORROW
These banners are reproduced using dye sublimation printing process on a heavy opaque natural close-weave cotton fabric that hangs well. The colours are fade resistant under normal lighting conditions. All banners are supplied with a hanging cord, rods and end caps top and bottom. An extra depth of approx. 12" should be allowed when measuring to allow for hanging cord. A sample of the material can be supplied upon request.
Dimensions: 52" x 24"- price: £130.00 + vat. Other sizes available - see options below:
