This antiphon is particularly meaningful for me right now as the motif of light and darkness have been playing around in my head a lot this Advent. You can read some of my thoughts about this Here.
December 21st: O Oriens
“O Morning Star,
splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.”
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness – on them light has shined.” (Isaiah 9:2)
May the Morning Star, the “Life-Light”, Jesus, the light of the world, come to each of us this day and pierce our darkness.
Rejoicing in the journey -
Bethany
EDIT: I just realized that today is the Winter Solstice and that this antiphon about light falls exactly on the shortest day of the year – so appropriate. I pray that even though this day is short and filled with physical darkness that it would be filled with spiritual light for each of you.
O Antiphon: O Oriens
December 21st: O Oriens
“O Morning Star,
splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.”
Click here to hear this antiphon in Latin.
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness – on them light has shined.” (Isaiah 9:2)
May the Morning Star, the “Life-Light”, Jesus, the light of the world, come to each of us this day and pierce our darkness.
Rejoicing in the journey -
Bethany
EDIT: I just realized that today is the Winter Solstice and that this antiphon about light falls exactly on the shortest day of the year – so appropriate. I pray that even though this day is short and filled with physical darkness that it would be filled with spiritual light for each of you.
Photograph by Beth Stedman
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