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O Adonai

The Seven (or Great) "O Antiphons"

Sapientia

O WISDOM, who came from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly:
Come, and teach us the way of prudence.
Symbols: oil lamp, open book, triangle with eye. Isaiah 11:2-3; 28:29

Adonai
O LORD AND RULER of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai:
Come, and redeem us with outstretched arm.
Symbols: burning bush, stone tablets. Isaiah 11:4:5; 33:22

Radix Jesse
O ROOT OF JESSE, who stands for an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication:
Come to deliver us, and tarry not.
Symbol: vine or plant with flower (especially a rose). Isaiah 11:1,10

Clavis David
O KEY OF DAVID, and Scepter of the House of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens:
Come, and bring forth the captive from his prison, he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Symbols: key; broken chains. Isaiah 22:22; 9:6

Oriens
O DAWN OF THE EAST, brightness of the light eternal, and Sun of Justice:
Come, and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Symbol: rising sun. Isaiah 9:2

Rex Gentium
O KING OF THE GENTILES and their desired One, the Cornerstone that makes both one:
Come, and deliver man, whom You formed out of the dust of the earth.
Symbols, Crown, scepter. Isaiah 9:7; 2:4

Emmanuel
O EMMANUEL, God with us, our King and Lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior:
Come to save us, O Lord our God.
Symbols: tablets of stone, Chalice and Host. Isaiah 7:14

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56:43
Nov 23, 2008
Sunday Service
Exodus 19:16-20
English
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