O Adonai

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: The Seven (or Great) "O Antiphons" Sapientia O WISDOM, who came from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly: Come, and teach us the way of prudence. Symbols: oil lamp, open book, triangle with eye. Isaiah 11:2-3; 28:29 Adonai O LORD AND RULER of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: Come, and redeem us with outstretched arm. Symbols: burning bush, stone tablets. Isaiah 11:4:5; 33:22 Radix Jesse O ROOT OF JESSE, who stands for an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication: Come to deliver us, and tarry not. Symbol: vine or plant with flower (especially a rose). Isaiah 11:1,10 Clavis David O KEY OF DAVID, and Scepter of the House of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens: Come, and bring forth the captive from his prison, he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death. Symbols: key; broken chains. Isaiah 22:22; 9:6 Oriens O DAWN OF THE EAST, brightness of the light eternal, and Sun of Justice: Come, and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. Symbol: rising sun. Isaiah 9:2 Rex Gentium O KING OF THE GENTILES and their desired One, the Cornerstone that makes both one: Come, and deliver man, whom You formed out of the dust of the earth. Symbols, Crown, scepter. Isaiah 9:7; 2:4 Emmanuel O EMMANUEL, God with us, our King and Lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: Come to save us, O Lord our God. Symbols: tablets of stone, Chalice and Host. Isaiah 7:14 ERO CRAS Tomorrow, I will be (come).