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I just posted some O Antiphon activities on my blog. Here is the link to it: O Antiphon Activities. I got these ideas from an Advent book a few years ago.
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God bless. Ruth
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I just posted a (lengthy, sorry) on the O Antiphons at O Night Divine. Tomorrow they begin, but since it's also Gaudete Sunday, you won't notice them in the liturgy until Monday.
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From Fr. Suanders: According to Professor Robert Greenberg of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Benedictine monks arranged these antiphons with a definite purpose. If one starts with the last title and takes the first letter of each one - Emmanuel, Rex, Oriens, Clavis, Radix, Adonai, Sapientia - the Latin words ero cras are formed, meaning, “Tomorrow, I will come.” Therefore, the Lord Jesus, whose coming we have prepared for in Advent and whom we have addressed in these seven Messianic titles, now speaks to us, “Tomorrow, I will come.” So the “O Antiphons” not only bring intensity to our Advent preparation, but bring it to a joyful conclusion.
Now all this is to say that this year I won't have an O Antiphon house or anything close to it. If you are going around my speed this Advent I thought the info above would lead to a lovely little activity.
Very simply, copy or print the antiphons (day by day if you have to), tape to the wall the wrong way in the form of a cross, and turn over the appropriate one during your novena or evening prayer. If you enlarge the first letter, then you will have "Tomorrow I Come" in Latin on Christmas Eve.
No pics...I haven't even started yet 
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I love the ERO CRAS acronym! And this idea is great, Gwen. Don't be down about the slow pace! You have a very good reason.
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I have just posted my O Antiphon House on minel
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Jenn, I was interested to see your section on the post about the "O Virgin" antiphon that had been part of the antiphons but now only with some rites. Last week I was looking for something related to the antiphons and also ended up at the U Dayton site in a section about the "Virgen de la O", a title by which Our Lady is venerated in some places in Spain and Portugal. The U Dayton site was the only place I found info (everything else I searched about this was in Spanish - or Portuguese). I'm curious about this title and info surrounding it if there is any. With my husband's Portuguese heritage I would love to know more and incorporate this for our family. Are you aware of more info beyond the U Dayton site?
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Illuminated Ink has a lovely O Antiphon Coloring Page we will add to our notebooks.
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MaryM wrote:
| Jenn, I was interested to see your section on the post about the "O Virgin" antiphon that had been part of the antiphons but now only with some rites. Last week I was looking for something related to the antiphons and also ended up at the U Dayton site in a section about the "Virgen de la O", a title by which Our Lady is venerated in some places in Spain and Portugal. The U Dayton site was the only place I found info (everything else I searched about this was in Spanish - or Portuguese). I'm curious about this title and info surrounding it if there is any. With my husband's Portuguese heritage I would love to know more and incorporate this for our family. Are you aware of more info beyond the U Dayton site? |
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I didn't see that link. How interesting. Sadly, though, I didn't find much else about the extra antiphon, except the Julian of Norwich version and mention of the Sarum Rite (which is Anglo Saxon?).
You might be able to track down more information if you can find the local religious orders or special rites that were used in those areas. It seems that depending on what order, what area you lived in during Medieval times (and maybe later) there was the established 7 antiphons, but sometimes more.
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Jenn,
Thank you for the beautiful post on the O Antiphons. I especially loved the link to the sacred music. I will have to check it out daily to see if they are adding each antiphon. For the Loveliness of Advent fair I posted about our plans to use Altoid tins for O Antiphon shadow boxes. We just finished and they turned out pretty well. Take a peek :-)
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Marjorie wrote:
Jenn,
Thank you for the beautiful post on the O Antiphons. I especially loved the link to the sacred music. I will have to check it out daily to see if they are adding each antiphon. For the Loveliness of Advent fair I posted about our plans to use Altoid tins for O Antiphon shadow boxes. We just finished and they turned out pretty well. Take a peek :-) |
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Thank you, Marjorie! My apologies to Bloglines readers...I've been doing a bit of tweaking. I was in a bit of a fog when I wrote that originally and didn't include even basic information. I'm so familiar with the tradition I forget to explain the basics....like Dawn figured out, O Come, O Come Emmanuel are the simplified antiphons.
I also found a GREAT, GREAT, compilation of information on the O Antiphons, which I've added to the page, but don't miss it: Father Z's: What Does the Prayer Really Say.
I got distracted and wasn't able to leave a comment yet, but they are gorgeous Altoid Antiphons. How clever!
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JennGM wrote:
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Later than Anglo-Saxon I think, Jenn. It was a variation of the Roman rite used in England during the middle ages and until the Reformation. It is interesting that the Sarum rite had an 8th O antiphon focusing on Mary and the Daughters of Religion. It seems as though the Sarum use had what today might be seen as a slightly "feminist" leaning. I know that a while ago I came across something in the Sarum liturgy that specifically mentioned women (can't remember what!) ... it seems "inclusive language" (one of my bugbears!) isn't quite as novel as I thought. The Sarum rite intrigues me, and I would love to know more about it. I believe it was related to the Dominican liturgy.
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Kathryn UK wrote:
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Later than Anglo-Saxon I think, Jenn. It was a variation of the Roman rite used in England during the middle ages and until the Reformation. It is interesting that the Sarum rite had an 8th O antiphon focusing on Mary and the Daughters of Religion. It seems as though the Sarum use had what today might be seen as a slightly "feminist" leaning. I know that a while ago I came across something in the Sarum liturgy that specifically mentioned women (can't remember what!) ... it seems "inclusive language" (one of my bugbears!) isn't quite as novel as I thought. The Sarum rite intrigues me, and I would love to know more about it. I believe it was related to the Dominican liturgy. |
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Oh good, I was hoping you would answer. I put a question mark hoping you'd jump in and correct me. What I read skimming was Mary Tudor tried to reinstall/keep the Sarum Rite, and so I was confused by the Anglo/Saxon reference.
Interesting about the inclusive/feminist language. It's one of my bugbears, too.
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