Cum ortus fúerit sol de cælo,
vidébitis Regem regum
procedéntem a Patre,
tamquam sponsum de thálamo suo. (more…)
Archive for December, 2019
Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 24th, 2019O Emmanuel
Monday, December 23rd, 2019
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. (more…)
O King of Nations
Sunday, December 22nd, 2019O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,
lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:
veni, et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti. (more…)
O Morning Star
Saturday, December 21st, 2019O Oriens,
splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris,
et umbra mortis. (more…)
O Key of David
Friday, December 20th, 2019O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;
qui aperis, et nemo claudit;
claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,
sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis. (more…)
O Root of Jesse
Thursday, December 19th, 2019O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem Gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. (more…)
O Adonai
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
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 extento (more…)
O Wisdom
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019The “O Antiphons” begin:
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti,
attingens a fine usque ad finem,
fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia:
veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae. (more…)
On writing in a post-truth world
Thursday, December 5th, 2019Some thoughts from those wiser than I: (more…)