Category: poetry
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O Rex Gentium
The Antiphon for December 22 is O Rex Gentium or O King of Nations. The antiphon’s text reads, O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay. It draws its text from several passages in…
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O Oriens
December 21st marks the winter solstice and the accompanying antiphon is appropriately, O Oriens or O Dayspring. The antiphon reads, O Dayspring splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness: come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. The prayer finds its inspiration in several…
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O Clavis II
The Great O Antiphon for December 20 is O Clavis. The text of which reads, O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel; you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open: Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those…
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What Hope?
This sonnet is based on Jeremiah 32:36-44. The passage is found in a section of Jeremiah called the Book of Consolation. The promises in contrast with the judgment pronounced in the rest of the book seem almost impossible to comprehend. When judgment comes, we make it the final word. We…
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