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O Wisdom of God (Antiphon for Advent)
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first performed by TONUS PEREGRINUS and recorded onto CD-single in 1991; recorded by TONUS PEREGRINUS and released on Hyperion in June 2005 (CDA67507); duration: c.10'00" An Antiphon is a brief liturgical chant based on the Psalms, or sung as a refrain to the Psalms, and is usually sung responsively. This Antiphon for Advent is a setting of the "Great Antiphons", or "O" Antiphons, appointed to be sung at Vespers, each on its own day before Christmas.The author of the Advent Antiphons is not known for certain, but many have been attributed to Gregory the Great in the 6th Century. During the 12th Century, five Antiphons were arranged as a hymn contained in the old Spanish Breviary, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel". Of the eight recorded here, seven were known to exist in the 12th Century, and have been compared to the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit (see Isaiah XI). In France, in the 18th Century, an eighth Antiphon was added, binding together the threads of the cycle in a final supplication to the Shepherd of Israel (see Psalm LXXX). Many English versions of the Antiphons in prose and metre have been made, the eight here adopted being chanted daily in the week before Christmas, with the response, "Come, Lord Jesu". O Wisdom of God, which art the Word proceeding from the Most High; reaching from the beginning to the end; firmly and gently disposing all things: Come Thou, and teach us in the way of understanding. Come, Lord Jesu. O Adonai, Captain of the House of Israel; Thou which didst appear unto Moses in the fire of the burning bush, and gavest unto him the law in Sinai: Come Thou, and redeem us with Thine outstretched arm. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign of the people, before Whom Kings shall shut their mouth, unto Whom the nations shall make their supplications: Come Thou, and deliver us; make no longer tarrying. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. O Key of David, Sceptre of the House of Israel, Which openest and no man shutteth; Which shuttest and no man openeth: Come Thou, and bring forth from the prison-house him that is bound. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. O Dayspring from on high, Brightness of Eternal Light, Sun of Righteousness: Come Thou, and shine upon them that are sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. O King of the Gentiles, God of Israel and his Saviour, chief Corner-stone, which makest both one: Come Thou, and save Thy creatures, whom Thou didst fashion from the dust of the earth. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Expectation of the Gentiles, and their Desire: Come Thou unto our salvation, O Lord our Saviour and our God. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. Come, Lord Jesu. O Shepherd of Israel, Lord over the house of David; Whose goings forth have been from of old, even from everlasting: Come Thou, and feed Thy people in Thy strength, and rule them in equity and judgment. Come, Lord Jesu. |
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