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Author/Artist: The Benedictine Sisters of Turvey Abbey
December 23rd :
'O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, for whom the peoples are waiting, and their Saviour, come to save us, Lord our God.'
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum,
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine Deus noster.
We continue to acclaim him as our King. Yet as Christmas draws near he comes to us in the humility and tenderness of a newborn child: Emmanuel, God-with-us.
(Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Revelaton 21;3).
Mary bears him who is both God and Man, great Lawgiver and lover of sinners, mighty Ruler and helpless child, son and brother.
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
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