December 17 - The first day of the O Antiphons!
O Sapientia - or O Wisdom marks today.
In our house we setup a "Jesse Tree" and hang an "O" ornament each night.
With the hanging of each ornament - we recite or sing the related verse from "O Come, O Come Emanuel"
From Wikipedia:
The first letters of the titles, from last to first, appear to form a Latin acrostic
which translates to "Tomorrow, I will be [there]", mirroring the theme
of the antiphons. Father Saunders wrote, "According to Professor Robert Greenberg of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
the Benedictine monks arranged these antiphons with a definite purpose.
If one starts with the last title and takes the first letter of each
one - Emmanuel, Rex, Oriens, Clavis, Radix, Adonai, Sapientia - the Latin words ero cras
are formed, meaning, "Tomorrow, I will come". Therefore, the Lord
Jesus, whose coming we have prepared for in Advent and whom we have
addressed in these seven Messianic titles, now speaks to us, Tomorrow, I
will come. So the O Antiphons not only bring intensity to our Advent
preparation, but bring it to a joyful conclusion.
Sing with your family:
O come, o come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
CHORUS:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
O come, O Wisdom from on high,
who orders all things mightily,
to us the path of knowledge show,
and teach us in her ways to go.
CHORUS:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
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