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Oriens, splendor lucis æternæ, et sol justitiæ: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis."
"O Rising Dawn, Radiance of the Light eternal and Sun of Justice: come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death."
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The Advent "O Antiphons" are beautiful seven antiphons to the Magnificat in the late Advent Office of the seven days preceeding the vigil of Christmas; so called because all begin with the interjection "O". Each one of them begins with a biblical title and/or figures of Christ from the Old Testament (e.g. (1) O Sapientia, (2) O Adonai, (3) O Radix Jesse, (4) O Clavis David, (5) O Oriens, (6) O Rex Gentium, (7) O Emmanuel) and ends with some form of prayerful petitions related to those titles....
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