Song of Solomon 2:8-14Psalms 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21Luke 1:39-45 Song of Solomon 2:8-148 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. 9 My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25Psalms 71:3-6, 16-17Luke 1:5-25 Judges 13:2-7, 24-252 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano’ah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren
Watch: Bishop Boyea on the Seven “O” Antiphons of Advent: Part 2: “O Adonai” (O Lord) December 18, 2020 Diocese of Lansing The seven Great ‘O’ Antiphons of Advent are sung before the Magnificat at Vespers during the seven days prior to Christmas. They are seven words or phrases, mostly in Latin, which look forward
Watch: Bishop Boyea on the Seven “O” Antiphons of Advent: Part 4″: O Clavis David (O Key of David) December 20, 2020 Diocese of Lansing The seven Great ‘O’ Antiphons of Advent are sung before the Magnificat at Vespers during the seven days prior to Christmas. They are seven words or phrases, mostly in Latin,
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25Psalms 71:3-6, 16-17Luke 1:5-25 Judges 13:2-7, 24-252 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano’ah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren
Jeremiah 23:5-8Psalms 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19Matthew 1:18-25 Jeremiah 23:5-85 “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will
Watch: Bishop Boyea on the Seven “O” Antiphons of Advent: Part 3: O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse) December 19, 2020 Diocese of Lansing O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse): The third antiphon (December 19th) reads thus: “O Flower of Jesse’s stem, you have been raised up as a sign for all peoples;
Genesis 49:2, 8-10Psalms 72:1-4, 7-8, 17Matthew 1:1-17 Genesis 49:2, 8-102 Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father. 8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp; from
Watch: Bishop Boyea on the Seven “O Antiphons” of Advent: Part 1: O Sapientia (O Wisdom) December 17, 2020 Diocese of Lansing For seven days before Christmas the Church, at least since the 700s, has prepared for Christmas with seven O Antiphons. These antiphons have been incorporated into our Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come,
Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-25Psalms 85:9-14Luke 7:18-23 Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-256 that men may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. 7 I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe, I am the