Feliz Navidad

~Saint Margaret's Roman Catholic Church

Adirondack Mountains, NY~

Antiphon for December Twenty Third ~O Emmanuel~O Savior of the World~

O Emmanuel, King and Lawgiver,
You are yearned for by all nations

You are the Savior we have hopefully anticipated

O come Lord, and set us free.

Previous Post~O Rex Gentium

Read about the "O Antiphons" 
here @ Catholic Encyclopedia

Antiphon for December Twenty Second ~~~ O Rex Gentium~O King of All Nations ~~~

O King of all peoples, 

O Joy and desire of every human heart

O Cornerstone binding all people

Who you formed from clay

Come save us, Lord

Deliver us from conflict with one another

That we may live in peace.

Previous Post~O Oriens 

Next Post~O Emmanuel

Read about the "O Antiphons" 
here @ Catholic Encyclopedia

Antiphon for December Twenty First ~~~O Oriens~O Radiant Dawn~~~

O Radiant Dawn, Light Eternal,
Sun of Justice
Come and inundate all who walk 
In the shadow of death 
With your Splendor.
Previous Post~O Clavis David
Next Post ~O Rex Gentium
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here @ Catholic Encyclopedia

Antiphon for December Twentieth ~~~O Clavis David~O Key of David~~~

O Key of David

You open the Gates of Heaven

God's Eternal Kingdom

What you open none can ever shut

What you shut none can ever open

We dwell in the shadow 

Of darkness and death 

Come and free our souls 
From the enslaving yoke 
Of deception and misery.
Previous Post~O Radix Jesse
Next Post~O Oriens
Read about the "O Antiphons" 
here @ Catholic Encyclopedia

Antiphon for December Nineteenth ~~~O Radix Jesse~O Root of Jesse~~~

O Root of the stem of Jesse

You stand as a sign of God's love

For all His people

Kings are silenced in Your Presence

All nations bow down before You

Do not delay

Please deliver us, we pray.
Previous Post~O Adonai
Next Post~O Clavis David
Read about the "O Antiphons" 
here @ Catholic Encyclopedia

Antiphon for December Eighteenth ~~~ O Adonai~O Sacred Lord~~~

O Adonai, O Sacred  Lord, 

Mighty and Powerful 

Leader of the House of Israel

On Mount Saini

 In the fire of the burning bush

You appeared to Moses

You gave him the Law 

Come redeem us with arms outstretched.

Previous Post ~ O Sapientia

Next Post~O Radix Jesse

Read about the "O Antiphons" 
here @ Catholic Encyclopedia

Antiphon for December Seventeenth ~~~O Sapientia~O Wisdom~~~

O Wisdom Who came 

From the mouth of the Most High, 

You reach from end to end 

You order all things 

Mightily and sweetly, 

Come teach us the way of prudence.
Next Post~O Adonai
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here @ Catholic Encyclopedia

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Saint Cardinal John Newman, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

~Saint Augustine's 

Roman Catholic Church 

Peru, NY~
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Saint Anne de Beaupré Rosaries

Saint Anne de Beaupré Rosaries

with six decades of carved wooden beads

Quiet Remembrance

~Meditation Chapel
Holy Name Roman Catholic Church, 
Adirondack Mountains NY~