page_title: O Antiphons
section_title: O Adonai
hierarchical_section_title: O Antiphons / Analysis / O Adonai
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 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.
  English:
  O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,
  who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush
  and gave him the law on Sinai:
  Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.
  Isaiah had prophesied:
  "[...] but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins." Isaiah 11:4-5
  "For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us." Isaiah 33:22
  Also compare Exodus 3:2 and Exodus 24:12
caption: The prophet Isaiah
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