Posts tagged O Antiphons 2018
Advent Daybook, 22: O Emmanuel (God Is With Us)

An Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?

For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.

Look: Annunciation, 1610, El Greco

Listen: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” from Medieval Christmas, Kemper Crabb

Read: Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:20b-23, Luke 1:46-55

Pray: “Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.”

Do: Bless someone you know who’s had a difficult year with a secret gift.

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Advent Daybook, 15: With Thanksgiving

An Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?

For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.

Look: The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, the Young John the Baptist and Two Angels, Raphael

Listen: “I Am Sure I Shall See the Goodness of the Lord” from Christe Lux Mundi, Taizé

Read: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18

Pray: “Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Third Sunday in Advent)

Do: For the next 7 days of Advent, we’ll be joining in with countless Christians over the centuries who pray the “O Antiphons” the week before Christmas. Read some of the history in the links provided.

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Advent Daybook, 14: Fulfillment

An Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?

For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.

Look: Reconciliation Stained Glass Window in St. John’s Church, Tralee, Ireland, Thomas Denny

Listen: “The Trumpet Child” from The Trumpet Child, Over the Rhine

Read: Psalm 42, 43, Isaiah 8:1-15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18, Luke 22:31-38

Pray: from Advent (1851), Christian Rossetti

Do: Fill your house with natural fragrance today.

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