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Mary G
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Hey y'all .... we had a discussion last year about the O Antiphons and I FINALLY  got my "antiphon house" put together yesterday (thanks to the snow!). Here is a link to the post that I did so you can see pictures of what I'm talking about.
Here are links to discussions last year about this very subject:
O Antiphon activities -- some of the links don't work anymore as some folks have closed or moved their blogs but at least you'll get an idea ...
O Antiphons and gifts of the Holy Spirit discussion
putting together an Advent/Christmas notebook
link to Alice's wonderful Advent Cubes idea (which I "stole" last year!)
link to Illuminated Ink's O Antiphon cards
Now, it may be too late for some of these ideas this year .... but do what I've finally learned to do -- print off and put in an "Advent Ideas" folder for next year .... you'll be so happy you did!
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OK, I had a big "DUH!" moment today at morning Mass (I'm talking I was blushing as it finally hit me) .... O Come O Come Emmanuel IS the O Antiphons! I've heard this song for the past 46 years and just noticed this?????? 
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That's okay Mary. I only figured it out last year.
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I am curious to know how different families do the O Antiphons. My husband prefers to do them in Latin, but I want to know what I am saying so we do them in both English and Latin. I know a family who sings O Come O Come Emmanuel backwards (since the first antiphon is the last verse). How do you all do them?
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Mary G wrote:
| OK, I had a big "DUH!" moment today at morning Mass .... O Come O Come Emmanuel IS the O Antiphons! |
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Mary, I hear you! I had never even heard of the O Antiphons until I saw them here last year. AND if it weren't written in the piano book, I wouldn't realize that they were the verses of O Come O Come Emmanuel either. 
This year for our evening grace, I have played (badly and getting worse each day) 2 verses of O Come O Come Emmanuel. The kids sing (started poorly but are getting better each day) 2 verses. We started with the first 2 verses the first week of Advent, and then the next week switched to the next 2. By Christmas, we'll have done all 8.
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I have some ideas on my blog for celebrating the O Antiphons.
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Alice R
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I've never heard of this. (I'm not Catholic). I enjoyed reading about it. You guys have such informative blogs.
My question is:
How do your pronounce Antiphons?  Is it O Anti-fons? Or Anti (short i) fons?
Thanks.
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short "i"
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thank you, Mary!
It'a always a challenge when you read something new and then you think "how do I pronounce this?" 
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On my blog on the sidebar, I posted a link to the O Antiphons sung in latin. They are beautiful and we have been enjoying them!
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