O Antiphons Week 3
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The Great O’s of Advent – Week 3

Seven prayers on the road to Bethlehem

The First Four Antiphons

u Christ who was there at Creation

u Come and teach us wisdom

u Christ who was there at the giving of the law to Moses and the parting of the Red Sea

u Come and rescue us

u Christ who is the promised one leading the chosen people

u Come and deliver us

u Christ who opens the door to eternal life

u Come and set us free

u O Rising Sun, you are the splendor of eternal life and the sun of justice.

u O come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

u December 21 – Winter Solstice

King James Version of Bible – Dayspring

Modern versions often use "Dawn" or "Sunrise" for clarity, reflecting the original Hebrew (shachar) and Greek (anatole) which mean "morning light" or "rising". 

Scripture for Rising Sun- Morning Star

•       John 9:5

•       I John 1:5

•       Revelation 22:16

•       Revelation 2:26

•       Isaiah 9:1-2

•       Psalm 71/72

•       Isaiah 60

•       Isaiah 42:10-16

•       Malachi 4:2-3

•       Light and Dark – Gen to Rev

•       Hope – Earthly and Eternally

•       Salvation – Earthy and Eternally

•       Coming of Justice

•       Coming of New Day/New Kingdom

•       Prophetic Arch & Messianic Arch

•       O King of all Nations, of all the peoples desire, you are the cornerstone which makes all one.  O come and save mankind whom you made from clay.

Scripture – Desire of Nations

u Matthew 2

u Acts 2

u Ephesians 2

u Luke 23

u I Peter 2

u Isaiah 28:16

u Psalm 118:22

u Unity

u Peace

u Building of Kingdom

u Body of Christ in the World?

O King of
All Nations

The Peaceable Kingdom

John August Swanson

What about…

Destruction and Division?
Divided Hearts?
Fragmented Families?
Broken Nations?
Fractured Societies?

How can Jesus possibly be
KING of this?

Only the Heart of the Suffering Jesus was incapable of Moral Rupture, despite being touched by the sin of the world.

That heart is the heart of the King who rules as
Human and Divine, Sacrifice and Priest,
Crucified and Reigning!

The People’s King
(Rex Gentium)

*  The People are now the Sanctuary!

*  We are the Priesthood of Believers and also a living sacrifice!

*  We Reign with Christ, to whom we are also subject, and with whom we are one.

* The Church has a cornerstone and also Living Stones who give their lives, their gifts as an offering to Christ the King

O Emmanuel , you are our king and judge, the One whom peoples await and their salvation.  O come and save us, lord , our God.

O Emmanuel “God-with-us”

O Emmanuel!

You are our King and judge

The One whom the people await and their Savior.

O Come and save us, Lord, our God!

The IMMANANCE of God

is the Presence of Salvation!

Christ was Present at Creation

Christ was Present in the Burning Bush

Christ sprang from the broken line of Jesse

Christ was inheritor of the Key of David

Christ radiates God’s Justice like the Sun

Christ reigns over death as King of All Peoples

Christ came as a Man to dwell with us

O Emmanuel, God with Us

u Discouragement and Despair

u Matthew 26: 38-40  Jesus in his humanity experienced what in his divinity he never needed: someone to stand by you.

u Acts 18: 9-10 Paul is buoyed up

u Divine Solidarity  God is FOR us!

Emmanuel is
Divine Compassion

u Just like we desire God with Us, Jesus desires us to be with Him.

u In Community

u In Spirit

u In Communion

u It’s TWO directions

u It’s got MAJOR implications

u Our relationship to suffering is so longer in isolation

u Emmanuel is present with us as the Spirit

Emmanuel is
Our Advocate

u We think of Emmanuel as Baby Jesus lying in a manger. God in human form.

u Yes….AND! When God is with us, (here and now), God’s presence is with us as the Holy Spirit, or Paraclete, which means Advocate, Intercessor, Counselor and even Protector.

u It is by this presence within that God is FOR us and WITH us. The Holy Spirit is our guide and Christ’s presence is near…

u Convicting us of sin

u Protecting us and the Church

u Recalling His teachings and promises

u Achieving God’s intent on earth

O Emmanuel

We address the O Antiphon
to Christ alone in our worship

u There is no passage out from God nor back again to Him without the Son. No knowledge of the Father, no life in the Spirit apart from Christ. No communion with the divine, no transformation of humanity, to liberation from sin, no hope of heaven, no fulfilment of scripture, nor of the promises nor covenants with him. No God-with-us. No Emmanuel without Mary’s child. Hence the extraordinary rejoicing which his very name inspires and which his birth invites. This title is the entire heart of the Christian faith…and the center of God’s redemptive plan.                                        -Oliver Treanor