We invite you to take a few moments for quiet prayer during this final week of Advent to pray and reflect on the seven O Antiphons. Read and meditate on the biblical passages that accompany each antiphon. Listen to each antiphon sung to an ancient Gregorian chant. Pray Mary’s Magnificat each day. Day 7 O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, desired of the nations and their salvation, come and save us, Lord our God. Isaiah 7:14 O Emmanuel, ...

“Aspiration, practiced as a familiar, respectful and loving conversation with God, is such an excellent method, that, by means of it, one soon arrives at the summit of all perfection, and falls in love with Love.” - John of Saint-Samson An Advent Prayer The Carmelite Rule of St. Albert urges us ponder the law of the Lord day and night. We cannot always meditate, think about, or remember God, but we can always love God. Remembering God ...

We invite you to take a few moments for quiet prayer during this final week of Advent to pray and reflect on the seven O Antiphons. Read and meditate on the biblical passages that accompany each antiphon. Listen to each antiphon sung to an ancient Gregorian chant. Pray Mary’s Magnificat each day. Day 6 O King of the Nations for whom they long, the corner-stone who makes of both one, come and deliver man whom you made ...

We invite you to take a few moments for quiet prayer during this final week of Advent to pray and reflect on the seven O Antiphons. Read and meditate on the biblical passages that accompany each antiphon. Listen to each antiphon sung to an ancient Gregorian chant. Pray Mary’s Magnificat each day. Day 5 O Morning Star, splendor of eternal light and sun of justice, come and illumine those seated in darkness and the shadow of death. ...

We invite you to take a few moments for quiet prayer during this final week of Advent to pray and reflect on the seven O Antiphons. Read and meditate on the biblical passages that accompany each antiphon. Listen to each antiphon sung to an ancient Gregorian chant. Pray Mary’s Magnificat each day. Day 4 O Key of David, and Scepter of the house of Israel, who open and no one shuts, who shuts, and no one opens, ...

We invite you to take a few moments for quiet prayer during this final week of Advent to pray and reflect on the seven O Antiphons. Read and meditate on the biblical passages that accompany each antiphon. Listen to each antiphon sung to an ancient Gregorian chant. Pray Mary’s Magnificat each day. Day 3 O Root of Jesse, who stand as a sign to the peoples, at whom kings stand silent and whom the gentiles seek, come ...

We invite you to take a few moments for quiet prayer during this final week of Advent to pray and reflect on the seven O Antiphons. Read and meditate on the biblical passages that accompany each antiphon. Listen to each antiphon sung to an ancient Gregorian chant. Pray Mary’s Magnificat each day. Day 2 O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the burning bush, and gave him the Law on ...

We invite you to take a few moments for quiet prayer during this final week of Advent to pray and reflect on the seven O Antiphons. Read and meditate on the biblical passages that accompany each antiphon. Listen to each antiphon sung to an ancient Gregorian chant. Pray Mary’s Magnificat each day. Day 1 O Wisdom, you come forth from the mouth of the Most High. You fill the universe and hold all things together in a ...

The O Antiphons begin during the final week of Advent. They help deepen our Advent preparation and hopeful expectation as we draw closer, day by day, to the celebration Christ’s birth among us. These antiphons are ancient messianic titles for Christ and they come from the Old Testament. Each one expresses a deep longing for the coming of the Messiah. The O Antiphons can be found in the Liturgy of the Hours and are usually sung ...

“When the soul has been deeply touched, it is by love alone that it desires to be intimately joined to God. This is why we advocate reducing ardent aspirations to a few words, even to the mere word ‘love.’ This love sends forth ardent and fiery flames with all its strength. As a result a blazing fire is enkindled in the soul. It is in this way that God stirs up in the soul and ...