Today begins "Great Advent," or the last seven days of the season of Advent leading up to Christmas Eve and the beginning of the Christian season of Christmas. Sometime around the 6th century, monasteries developed a tradition of singing one "O Antiphon" per evening at the service of Vespers. These antiphons are where our modern hymn, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" originated. Each antiphon is derived from the book of the prophet Isaiah and highlights a different title for Christ by meditating on what that aspect of the incarnate God means for us and for the world. We will post the O Antiphon for each day with a youtube link so that you can experience it chanted. We hope that praying and singing the O antiphons will help you prepare your lives for the arrival of Jesus and provide a meaningful culmination to the Advent season this year. Come Lord Jesus! Today's antiphon comes to us from Isaiah 11:2-3 & 28:29.
O Sapientia
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti,
attingens a fine usque ad finem,
fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia:
veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.
O Wisdom, who came forth from the mouth of the Most High,
reaching from the beginning to the end,
and arranging all things firmly and sweetly:
Come to teach us the way of wisdom.
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