page_title: O Antiphons
section_title: O Emmanuel
hierarchical_section_title: O Antiphons / Analysis / O Emmanuel
caption_attribution_description: Pregnant Virgin Mary; Cathedral of Évora, Portugal
context_page_description: The O Antiphons, also known as The great Os, are Magnificat antiphons 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 post-1970 form of the Catholic Mass, although the Lectionary moves O Emmanuel to the 21st, uses Rex Gentium on both the 22nd and 23rd, and places O Oriens on the morning of the 24th, with authorization for the traditional ordering from the 17th through the 23rd.
  They are referred to as the "O Antiphons" because the title of each one begins with the vocative particle "O".
  Each antiphon is a name of Christ, one of his attributes mentioned in Scripture. They are:
  17 December: O Sapientia
  18 December: O Adonai
  19 December: O Radix Jesse
  20 December: O Clavis David
  21 December: O Oriens
  22 December: O Rex Gentium
  23 December: O Emmanuel
  In the Catholic Roman Rite, the O Antiphons are sung or recited at Vespers from 17 December to 23 December inclusive. Some Anglican churches also use them, either in the same way as modern Roman Catholics, or according to a medieval English usage.
context_section_description: Latin:
  O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
  exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:
  veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
  English:
  O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver,
  the hope of the nations and their Saviour:
  Come and save us, O Lord our God.
  Isaiah had prophesied:
  "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14
  (Emmanuel means God is with us).
caption: Mary with child
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