Posts tagged Advent Daybook 2020
O Emmanuel, God With Us, Come! Christmas Eve

This week we are adoring Jesus by praying the prophetic names of the O Antiphons.

Look: Holy Family, Father John Battista Giuliani - Source

Listen: Advent Song, The Porter’s Gate [feat. Jonathan Ogden] - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score

Read: Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:31-33; Isaiah 43:1-2,8-9a,10-13; 1 Timothy 3:16

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing all seven verses of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Do: Make space for rest and listen to the live radio broadcast of King’s College Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols today.

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O King of Nations, Come! Advent Daybook 25

This week we are adoring Jesus by praying the prophetic names of the O Antiphons.

Look: Journey of the Magi, James Tissot -Source

Listen: Advent Antiphons: No. 6. O Rex gentium, Queens' College Choir, Cambridge - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Jeremiah 10:6-7; Haggai 2:6-9; Isaiah 2:2-4; Ephesians 2:19-22

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing the sixth verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Do: Selah pause

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O Dayspring, Come! Advent Daybook 25

This week we are adoring Jesus by praying the prophetic names of the O Antiphons.

Look: Callanish on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland at sunrise a few days before the winter solstice, Dawn Louise Farrell - Source

Listen: Advent Antiphons: No. 5. O Oriens, Queens' College Choir, Cambridge - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Hebrews 1:1-3; Malachi 4:1-3; Isaiah 58:8-10; Isaiah 60:1-3,19;Luke 1:78-79

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing the fifth verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Do: Make space for healing prayer.

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O Key of David, Come! Advent Daybook 24

This week we are adoring Jesus by praying the prophetic names of the O Antiphons.

Look: Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adam Pynacker - Source

Read: Isaiah 22:22-23; Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 9:2-7

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing the fourth verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Listen: Advent Antiphons: No. 4. O Clavis David, Queens' College Choir, Cambridge - Spotify | YouTube

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O Root of Jesse, Come! Advent Daybook 22

This week we are adoring Jesus by praying the prophetic names of the O Antiphons.

Look: Branch, Isaiah, Chapter 11. Letters cut from the Kabbalah, Meg Hitchcock- Source

Listen: Advent Antiphons: No. 3. O Radix Jesse, Queens' College Choir, Cambridge - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Isaiah 10:33 -11 :2a,11:5 -10; Isaiah 52:13-15; Habakkuk 2:3

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing the third verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Do: Create more space for God throughout your day today (and maybe the remaining days of Advent!) by eliminating an unnecessary daily habit.

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O Adonai, Lord of Israel, Come! Advent Daybook 21

This week we are adoring Jesus by praying the prophetic names of the O Antiphons.

Look: Burn, Justin Christenbery - Source

Listen: Advent Antiphons: No. 2. O Adonai, Queens' College, Cambridge - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Isaiah 11: 4; Isaiah 33:21 -22; Exodus 19:9,16 -19, 20:1 - 6 ; Micah 5:2

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing the second verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Do: Pray & make confession using the Ten Commandments.

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O Wisdom, Come! Advent Daybook 20

This week we are adoring Jesus by praying the prophetic names of the O Antiphons.

Look: 2150 Sherman Ave, Ryan Kapp - Source

Listen: Advent Antiphons: No. 1: O Sapientia, Queens' College Choir, Cambridge - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Isaiah 11: 2, Baruch 3: 9, 3:13 -15, 3:32 - 4: 4

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing the first verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Do: Today, spend 15-20 minutes in complete silence, listening for God.

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