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Mary - I'm guessing Mary Ellen has coloring pages for all the O Antiphons. I went to her blog, but couldn't figure out how to access them. Help?
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Thank you for the inspiration, ladies. I wasn't planning on doing anything visual with the O Antiphons this year, but I decided to talk about the first one today with the older children (both 4yo) today at snacktime. They were interested, so I took a cue from this thread and set up a quick display: printed small images on plain paper, cut them out, glued them onto index cards, punched a hole in the top, and then taped "hooks" (just bent paper clips!) to the mantel for us to hang them on each day. I put today's card in their "mailbox" for them to discover and they were thrilled with it! Took me less than ten minutes and looks great. And next year, I'll put together something a little more professional looking. 
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hylabrook1 wrote:
Mary - I'm guessing Mary Ellen has coloring pages for all the O Antiphons. I went to her blog, but couldn't figure out how to access them. Help?
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They are on O Night Divine.
Here are direct links:
O Sapientia
O Adonai
O Radix Jesse
O Clavis David
O Oriens
O Rex Gentium
Emmanuel
Or scroll down on this page.
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Hello, all! Those coloring pages are so lovely, Michele.
I love the O Antiphons. Each one is such a rich and deep fountain of meditation on Our Lord.
Once, I had occasion to talk about what the Bible says about "Christ, the Wisdom of God". I wish I had my notes now...I was utterly amazed at the beauty of the Scriptures on just this one idea. The creative power and might of God, the justice of God, the perfection of His Will, all are part of His Wisdom.
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cathhomeschool wrote:
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| We have gotten the Jesse tree tradition down here, but I have yet to introduce the O Antiphons at my house. Maybe this year.... |
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We have not "used" our Jesse tree in a couple of years, but the year we made the ornaments (out of felt glued on card stock) the boys also made ornaments for each O Antiphon to add to the tree.
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Oh- I would love to see pictures, Janette! I was just thinking that I would like to move on from our paper tree to making ornaments of some type to use year after year. I saw AussieAnne's on her blog, and they are very inspiring.
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Thank you, Michele. These are so beautiful!
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SeaStar wrote:
| Oh- I would love to see pictures, Janette! I was just thinking that I would like to move on from our paper tree to making ornaments of some type to use year after year. I saw AussieAnne's on her blog, and they are very inspiring. |
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Though we didn't use them this year, in my unpacking from our move I did find them and dug a few out just now for a pic. The Jesse tree ornaments are felt. The O Antiphons are intricate enough that the boys just drew them on the card stock. We had tried drawing them on felt, but the marker bled too much. On the back of each ornament we have written the corresponding bible book/chapter/verse so that the kids can look it up when they hang it.
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I'm thinking about putting the O ornaments around the outside of our felt tree. I haven't quite figured out where to incorporate them, although I did post them on my blog this year. Next year we will do more than just read them.. I had thought it would be nice to pray the antiphon with the Magnificat and then singing a verse of O Come, O Come, Emannuel each night. We didn't start tonight, though. Just seems as if it would fit right in with the lighting of the Advent candles (which we also didn't do tonight..oh, well!)
I love the beautiful job your dc did on those ornaments, Janette!
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Thanks, Caroline. The kids were older when we did these and they are artistically inclined. I'm afraid if my littles had been old enough at the time I would not have been able to avoid the temptation to "help" them so that they would look nice.  
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ah, what good advice, Janette. I'd better wait too. what wonderful ideas, everyone! thanks for sharing!
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| Okay, I will jump in...for as long as I can remember, I have had either medically fragile or sick kids [or both] during Advent. This has lent itself to the bare minimum during that time period. I'm okay with that, but I am woefully ignorant of the O Antiphons. So, I haven't heard of most of the titles of Christ that you listed. Do each of those titles hold specific meanings to us, specifically during this Penitential season? I would love to know more about those titles. |
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After being a deep chill while our HVAC was being replaced, I'm here to pop in for a bit.
I think all of us are "familiar" with the O Antiphons in various ways, but perhaps the terms throws people off.
The word antiphon isn't used very much right now in our newer translation. For the Mass, we have Entrance Song, Alleluia verse, Communion verse. But really these are the leading antiphons.
If you prayed any of the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours, each psalm or Canticle is preceded by an Antiphon, and then after the psalm the antiphon is repeated. That's the structure of the liturgy when we refer to "Antiphons".
December 17 marks the second phase of Advent, when we are closer to Christmas. The antiphons for the Evening Prayer or Vespers Canticle/Magnificat have been preserved from ancient days of the early liturgy (I forget the guesstimate). These special days are referred to as "O Antiphons" because they start with the word "O". They also have the second phrase with the word "Come" in a climatic fashion.
From a wonderful book He Cometh by William J. McGarry, S.J.:
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From December 17 to 23 the liturgy has seven antiphons which begin with O and are addressed before and after the Magnificat to the Lord King of the Advent. They are placed with the great canticle of mercy and might of the Mother of the King and they join Christ and Mary in a most beautiful way. A special rubric introduces these Major Antiphons as the office calls them....
In their magnificent yet simple beauty the Great O's are the quintessence of the Advent liturgy. Their language bears the weight of God's eternity and mercy. They are a poignant cry of the soul of the people of Advent; they address God by the most compelling and tender of divine names, and they always end with an intense COME, VENI. All have the same structure, the O of apostrophe, and imperative of appeal. And while the imperatives of the season are often joyous and clamorous, these last appeals to God seem to read as if the iron of our misery is in our very blood. For though even in other parts of the liturgy of the last week our optimism continues and our hope is bright, in the solemn ceremonial of the evening Magnificat we are soberly acknowledging that our dire wretchedness can be remedied only by omnipotent mercifulness.
Only one of the Great O's is read each day of our approach to Christmas. The effect of this is noticeable, for we defintiely feel a growing tensity as each evening passes. We seem to be making a forward step and to be covering infinite distances from eternity to Bethlehem. There is a climatic order in these antiphons. In the first, O Sapientia, we take a backward flight into the recesses of eternity to address Wisdom, the Word of God. In the second, O Adonai, we have leaped from eternity to the time of Moses and the Law of Moses (about 1400 B.C.). In the third, O Radix Jesse, we have come to the time when God was preparing the line of David (about 1100 B.C.). In the fourth, O Clavis David, we have come to the year 1000. In the fifth, O Oriens we see that the line of David is elevated so that the peoples may look on a rising star in the east, and hence in the sixth, O Rex Gentium, we know that He is king of all the world of man. This brings us to the evening before the vigil, and before coming to the town limits of Bethlehem, we salute Him with the last Great O, O Emmanuel, God-with-us. We have traveled a long distance and have waited long, but at Bethlehem we are to find the Little One who is Emmanuel, God of God and Light of Light, and yet God with us. |
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This is really beautiful, Jenn.
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Wanted to respond here, everyone, but I had a terrific surprise just knock on my door...my dd arrived early from VA for Christmas break...got to go!
Have a wonderful evening, ladies. The retreat has been fun!
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A question:
Is it inappropriate to combine the Jesse Tree/O Antiphons/Advent Calendar into one tree/display/whatever?
The reason I ask is those years that we've tried to do all of these we end up neglecting one or the other....
so I'm thinking of maybe next year, doing our purple ornaments (for good deeds/sacrifices) on 1/3 of the tree, the O Antiphons on another, and the Jesse tree on another... or will this get too confusing? Your thoughts?
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Another thing about this part of Advent. You will notice there are no feasts or memorials, only two optional memorials, and even if those are "celebrated" the priest wears violet/purple because this part of Advent supersedes the saints' day. So it makes it even more special to me, as I know I'm uniting with the Church's liturgy during this time.
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stefoodie wrote:
A question:
Is it inappropriate to combine the Jesse Tree/O Antiphons/Advent Calendar into one tree/display/whatever?
The reason I ask is those years that we've tried to do all of these we end up neglecting one or the other....
so I'm thinking of maybe next year, doing our purple ornaments (for good deeds/sacrifices) on 1/3 of the tree, the O Antiphons on another, and the Jesse tree on another... or will this get too confusing? Your thoughts? |
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Since this is a personal devotion, popular piety, there is no right or wrong way to do things. Make what works for you!
The Jesse Tree ornaments that Michele posted include the O Antiphons, and I love that. I don't usually follow all those Jesse Tree symbols, because I like to do O Antiphons only on that part of Advent. But that's just me.
The "Jesse Tree" symbols my family used were here and more of types of Christ, but then they ended and we did an O Antiphon tower.
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thanks Jennifer ... I was just wondering the same thing! I think I'm going to try a quickie version of the O antiphons this year, because they are really speaking to me and I have NO tradition with them. I am printing off the coloring pages in booklet size and am thinking of having the kids color them, then laminating them to use as a small prayer book. I'd like to add more prayers like Mary started off the first day with, perhaps printed on the back? or alongside? Mary, if you're still awake, can I ask where you got those, so I can find the upcoming days?
it occurs to me to ask: am I reinventing the wheel here? is someone going to say, "oh, yeah, you're doing the such-and-such, check out this gorgeous version on my blog."
ack. baby crying. any helpful suggestions for non-crafty mom?
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For Your Advent Goodie Bag
I have three "goodies" to offer.
One is a printable prayer companion of the O Antiphons. It includes a picture study of each of the O's -- I tried to find some matching themes. I have the corresponding antiphons and the verses to the hymn O Come, Emmanuel.
O Antiphons Prayer Companion
Second is a leaflet that explains a bit more of the types of Christ, some that are echoed in the symbols of the O Antiphons. This accompanied some ornaments by the sisters of Regina Laudis in Bethelehem, Connecticut. I think this is an excellent explanation of the symbolism.
The Christmas Tree
O Antiphon Symbols to use.
Enjoy!
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KauaiCatholic wrote:
thanks Jennifer ... I was just wondering the same thing! I think I'm going to try a quickie version of the O antiphons this year, because they are really speaking to me and I have NO tradition with them. I am printing off the coloring pages in booklet size and am thinking of having the kids color them, then laminating them to use as a small prayer book. I'd like to add more prayers like Mary started off the first day with, perhaps printed on the back? or alongside? Mary, if you're still awake, can I ask where you got those, so I can find the upcoming days?
it occurs to me to ask: am I reinventing the wheel here? is someone going to say, "oh, yeah, you're doing the such-and-such, check out this gorgeous version on my blog."
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There are various interpretations of the symbols, but here are some symbols. Print them out on cardstock, or just paper and then paste onto some circles, put a hole and hang would be the simplest.
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Uhmmmmmm....have you ever noticed what time a lot of my posts are made? There is a reason for my avatar, too. So yes, I'm awake here for a "bit" longer. 
Oh Jenn, thank you!!! Your goodie bag is wonderful - very chic, too!
Viviane, that O Antiphons Prayer Companion which Jenn put in the "bag" has the similar prayers for each day - like what I put up at the start of the retreat. And Jenn has added so much more as well. It's an amazing resource.
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