#wisdomtide

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The O Antiphons - December 18th - O Adonai

O Lord and Ruler 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 arms.

O Adonai / Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law - Rembrandt (detail) / O Come Emmanuel / Christ Healing the Man With the Withered Hand on the Sabbath - Byzantine Mosaic (detail) / Matthew 5:17

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The O Antiphons - December 23rd - O 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.

O Emmanuel / The Prophet Isaiah - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (detail) / O Come Emmanuel / Nativity - El Greco (detail) / Matthew 28:19-20

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The O Antiphons - December 21st - O Oriens

O dawn of the east, brightness of light eternal, and sun of justice: come, and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

O Oriens / Abraham Looking at the Stars - Byzantine Manuscript, 6th cen. / O Come Emmanuel / Transfiguration of Jesus - Carl Bloch (detail) / John 1:5

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The O Antiphons - December 20th - O 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 lead forth the captive who sits in the shadows from his prison.

O Clavis David / Samuel Anointing David - Breviary of Philipe le Bel / O Come Emmanuel / Harrowing of Hell - Fra Angelico (detail) / 1 Peter 4:6

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The O Antiphons - December 19th - O Radix Jesse

O Root of Jesse, that stands for an ensign of the people, before whom the kings keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication: come, to deliver us, and tarry not.

O Radix Jesse / Tree of Jesse - Codex Vyssegradensis / O Come Emmanuel / Adoration of the Magi - Giotto (detail) / Matthew 2:1-2

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The O Antiphons - December 17th - O 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.

O Sapientia / Creation of Adam - Michelangelo / O Come Emmanuel / Our Lady Seat of Wisdom - Chartres Cathedral (detail) / John 1:14

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The O Antiphons - December 22nd - O 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.

O Rex Gentium / Ruth and Boaz - Alexandre Cabanel / O Come Emmanuel / The Confession of Saint Longinus - James Tissot / Ephesians 2:19-20