I have been writing about the O Antiphons that many of us have been praying these days in the evening with the Magnificat. If this is new to you, follow links, tags, use the search box provided top right. A comment noted that the daily Mass Alleluia Gradual text surprisingly (at least to me), while
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The King shall come when morning dawns, And light triumphant breaks; When beauty gilds the eastern hills, And life to joy awakes. Not as of old a little child To bear, and fight, and die, But crowned with glory like the sun That lights the morning sky. O brighter than the rising morn When He,
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Someone recently referred to the use of the O Antiphons in the past tense (“these were used…”). Well, yes, they were. But they still are being used. I use one of the O Antiphons each evening, praying it before and after the Magnificat. The most-used shared daily reading of the scriptures is the daily eucharistic
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The O Antiphons are antiphons prayed with the Magnificat at Vespers/Evensong on the last seven days of Advent in Western Christian traditions. There has been an alternative English medieval tradition which had each of the antiphons a day earlier (starting on 16 December) and an extra one on 23 December. In Common Worship the Church
Kiwi, Hayley Westenra sings Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. Veni, veni Emmanuel; Captivum solve Israel, Qui gemit in exilio, Privatus Dei Filio. Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel, Nascetur pro te, Israel! Veni, veni, O Oriens; Solare nos adveniens, Noctis depelle nebulas, Dirasque noctis tenebras. Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel, Nascetur pro te, Israel! Veni, Clavis Davidica! Regna reclude caelica; Fac iter
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At Christmas time people here move around, visiting family and friends. There are overseas visitors in the country. Some of these people, local and from overseas, want to go to church (I know, I know, surprise!) It’s a good time to check some church websites. A friend of mine tells me 85% of people coming
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The NZ Lectionary that we were assured was put together by people who are “skilled and knowledgeable about things liturgical” who deliberately opted “for variety rather than uniformity”; this Lectionary that assigns Green, Red, White, or Violet to one Sunday, and assigns the new liturgical colour “A” to another (Amber, Amethyst, Aqua, Arsenic, Amaranth, Alizarin,
