Monday, December 25, 2006

Nativity


When the kindness and generous love
of God our savior appeared,
not because of any righteous deeds we had done
but because of his mercy,
He saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
whom he richly poured out on us
through Jesus Christ our savior,
so that we might be justified by his grace
and become heirs in hope of eternal life.


Titus 3:4-7
2nd reading - Mass at Dawn

Sunday, December 24, 2006

The night before Christmas



When the sun rises in the morning sky,
you will see the King of Kings...


from the Magnificat Antiphon for tonight's Vespers

Saturday, December 23, 2006

O God-with-us



our King and Lawgiver,
Desire of all nations
and their Salvation:
Come
and save us,
O Lord our God.

O Emmanuel,
Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio gentium,
et Salvator earum:
veni
ad salvandum nos
Domine Deus noster.


"O" Antiphon for tonight's Vespers

Friday, December 22, 2006

O King of Nations and their Desire




the Cornerstone,
who makest both one:
Come
and save mankind,
whom you formed from the clay.

O Rex genitum et desideratus earum,
lapisque angularis,
qui facis utraque unum:
veni,
et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti.


"O" Antiphon for tonight's Vespers


Thursday, December 21, 2006

O dawn of the east


brightness of light eternal,
and sun of justice:
come,
and enlighten those
who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death.


O Oriens,
splendor lucis aeternae,
et sol iustitiae:
veni,
et illumina
sedentes in tenebris
et umbra mortis.

"O" Antiphon for tonight's Vespers
Translation:
Fr. Z

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

O Key of David



and scepter of the house of Israel,
who opens and no man shuts,
who shuts and no man opens:
come,
and bring out the captive
from the prison house:
he who sits in darkness
and the shadow of death.

O clavis David,
et sceptrum domus Israel:
qui aperis, et nemo claudit;
claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni,
et educ vinctum
de domo carceris:
sedentem in tenebris
et umbra mortis.


"O" Antiphon for tonight's Vespers

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

O Root of Jesse



who stands as a sign for the people,
before whom kings shall close their mouths
and to whom the Gentiles shall plead:
come,
to deliver us,
and do not delay.

O Radix Jesse,
qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem gentes deprecabuntur:
veni
ad liberandum nos,
iam noli tardare.


"O" Antiphon for tonight's Vespers

Monday, December 18, 2006

O Lord and Ruler of the house of Israel


who to Moses
in the flame of the burning bush appeared
and to him on Sinai gave the law:
come,
and redeem us with outstretched arm.


O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,
qui Moysi
in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni
ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.


"O" Antiphon for tonight's Vespers

Sunday, December 17, 2006

O Wisdom


who came from the mouth of the Most High,
reaching from end to end
and ordering all things mightily and sweetly:
come,
and teach us the way of prudence.

O Sapientia,
quae ex ore Altissimi prodidisti,
attingens a fine usque ad finem,
fortiter suaviter disponensque omnia:
veni
ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.
"O" Antiphon for tonight's Vespers

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

I am the handmaid of the Lord

In the sixth month
the angel Gabriel was sent from God
to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
to a virgin
betrothed to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of David;
and the virgin's name was Mary.

And he came to her and said,
"Hail, O favored one,
the Lord is with you!"

But she was greatly troubled at the saying,
and considered in her mind
what sort of greeting this might be.

And the angel said to her,
"Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
And behold,
you will conceive in your womb
and bear a son,
and you shall call his name Jesus.

He will be great,
and will be called
the Son of the Most High;
and the Lord God will give to him
the throne of his father David,
and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there will be no end."

And Mary said to the angel,
"How shall this be,
since I know not man?"

And the angel said to her,
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore the child to be born will be called holy,
the Son of God.
And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth
in her old age has also conceived a son;
and this is the sixth month
with her who was called barren.
For with God nothing will be impossible."

And Mary said,
"Behold,
I am the handmaid of the Lord;
let it be to me according to your word."


And the angel departed from her.

(Luke 1:6-38)

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Behold, God comes

Give this news to the peoples:
behold, God comes!
Our Savior!

from Vespers I of the First Sunday of Advent