{"id":90302,"date":"2018-12-17T10:43:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T18:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=90302"},"modified":"2018-12-17T11:20:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T19:20:12","slug":"o-sapientia-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/o-sapientia-9\/","title":{"rendered":"O Sapi\u00e9ntia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span> Wisdom! Advent is drawing to its close, and it&#8217;s time again for our annual look at the<em> O Antiphons<\/em>.  <\/p>\n<p>These antiphons are part of the prayers at the liturgical hour of Vespers (evening prayer) for the 17th through the 23rd of December &#8211; the 24th is of course the Christmas Vigil itself. They are ancient prayers, possibly dating back to the earliest days of the Christian era.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/O_sapientia.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"188\" data-attachment-id=\"1930\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/o-sapientia-3\/o_sapientia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/O_sapientia.jpg?fit=444%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"444,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"O_sapientia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/O_sapientia.jpg?fit=444%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/O_sapientia.jpg?resize=444%2C188\" alt=\"\" title=\"O_sapientia\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/O_sapientia.jpg?w=444&amp;ssl=1 444w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/O_sapientia.jpg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We begin these last days of Advent with a plea to Wisdom, the Holy Spirit, to teach us of Her ways, that we might be ready for the coming of Christ.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">R<\/span>esplendent and unfading<\/em>  is Wisdom, and She is readily perceived by those who love Her, and found by those who seek Her. She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her; one who watches for Her at dawn will not be disappointed, for She will be found sitting at the gate.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Wisdom+6%3A12-14&#038;version=RSVCE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom 6:12-14<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These videos, which I will be embedding each day until Christmas, were recorded by the Dominican student brothers at Oxford in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/S6zaiZxJIpU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>Original Latin:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/o-sapientia-9\/o-sapientia-latin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png?fit=1012%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1012,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"O Sapientia Latin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png?fit=860%2C653&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png?resize=860%2C653\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"653\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png?w=1012&amp;ssl=1 1012w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png?resize=150%2C114&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png?resize=240%2C182&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-Latin.png?resize=768%2C583&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Englished:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-English.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/o-sapientia-9\/o-sapientia-english\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/O-Sapientia-English.png?fit=1006%2C760&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1006,760\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"O Sapientia English\" 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Advent is drawing to its close, and it&#8217;s time again for our annual look at the O Antiphons. These antiphons are part of the prayers at the liturgical hour of Vespers (evening prayer) for the 17th through the 23rd of December &#8211; the 24th is of course the Christmas Vigil itself. 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