O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

ByBeth Ferguson

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;    from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—  the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,    the Spirit of counsel and of might,    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.He will not judge by…

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O Wisdom, coming forth!

ByBeth Ferguson

Today a bit of Advent history: The O Antiphons are used at Vespers of the last seven days of Advent in Western Christian traditions. They are also used as the alleluia verses on the same days in the Catholic Mass. They are referred to as the “O Antiphons” because the title of each one begins with the…

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