{"id":274,"date":"2010-12-22T16:51:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T00:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=274"},"modified":"2010-12-22T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T00:51:49","slug":"o-rex-gentium-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/o-rex-gentium-2\/","title":{"rendered":"O Rex G\u00e9ntium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>dvent is my favourite of the liturgical seasons, I think. These holy days <em>feel<\/em> like holy days, probably the only season that affects me like that. I suspect it&#8217;s childhood memories that make it so.<\/p>\n<p>With Christmas literally days away, we hear the penultimate O Antiphon this evening.<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned a couple of days ago that the antiphons might sound vaguely familiar to you. In the 12th Century, an unknown songwriter compiled versions of the O Antiphons into a single Advent hymn, called <em>Veni, Veni Emmanuel<\/em>. You know the English version as <em>O Come, O Come Emmanuel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The song&#8217;s verses are in reverse order from the order of the antiphons. More on that tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UwDdEQCtIF4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>O Rex g\u00e9ntium, et desider\u00e1tus e\u00e1rum,<br \/>\nlap\u00edsque angul\u00e1ris, qui facis \u00fatraque unum:<br \/>\nveni, et salva h\u00f3minem,<br \/>\nquem de limo form\u00e1sti.<\/p>\n<p>Englished:<\/p>\n<p>O King of the nations, and their desire,<br \/>\nthe cornerstone making both one:<br \/>\nCome and save the human race,<br \/>\nwhich you fashioned from clay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advent is my favourite of the liturgical seasons, I think. 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