O Antiphons: What Are They?
The O Antiphons can continue to teach, enlighten and comfort the Church today.
November 29, 2016
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Confident Anticipation: Antiphon for December 23
Emmanuel is very much God with us today. He comes to us graciously through His Word, Holy Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
December 22, 2016
King in the Clay: Antiphon for December 22
As important as Christmas may be, it is not the birth of Christ that unites mankind in faith; it is His holy death, His resurrection and His promised return.
December 22, 2016
Breaking Dawn: Antiphon for December 21
Christ Jesus–God enfleshed in our nature–continues to fulfill God’s promise to our fallen race.
December 20, 2016
Preparing Souls: Antiphon for December 20
This joy is more than a good and fuzzy feeling in our hearts; it is the certainty that has unlocked and loosened us from our sins that bound us.
December 19, 2016
Come Quickly!: Antiphon for December 19
Even as we ask for the Lord Christ’s deliverance of each of us from every evil of body and soul, we look ahead with joy and gladness, living in hope in Christ.
December 18, 2016
Here Comes the Boss: Antiphon for December 18
We prepare in Advent to celebrate the coming of our Lord and to worship Him, the one who saves us from our sins because we could not keep the Law.
December 17, 2016
The Greatest Wisdom: Antiphon for December 17
We look beyond Christmas and wait for our Lord’s coming again to raise us to life, body and soul, and the Church prays, “O Wisdom . . . Come!”
December 15, 2016
Palm Sunday Reconsidered
Palm Sunday, as we know it today, is an amalgamation of two distinct lines of the church’s tradition: the palm branch custom …
April 9, 2022
Die Deutsche Evangelisch-Lutherische Synode von Missouri, Ohio und andern Staaten
Of the original 14 congregations of the LCMS, 12 remain active. This is the story of how God has taken them through 175 years.
April 1, 2022
O Emmanuel!
And so we come to the last Vespers of Advent. Tonight the Great “O” Antiphon will be “O Emmanuel,” for tomorrow we will celebrate …
December 23, 2020
O Radix Jesse!
The Root of Jesse? Is our Lord not the flower of Jesse’s stem (Isaiah 11:1)? He is both root and flower, the Alpha and the Omega
December 19, 2020