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O come, O come.


The seven O Antiphons In the Roman Catholic tradition, the O Antiphons are sung or recited at Vespers from December 17 to December 23 inclusive (but see note below on alternative English usage).  are part of evening prayer of the Divine Office from December 17 until Christmas Eve. They beg God with mounting impatience to come and save us.

They are:

"O Sapientia" (Wisdom)

"O Adonai" (Lord and Ruler RULER Remaining Useful Life Evaluation Routine (for lubricants) )

"O Radix The base value in a numbering system. For example, in the decimal numbering system, the radix is 10.

(mathematics) radix - The ratio, R, between the weights of adjacent digits in positional representation of numbers.
 Jesse" (Root of Jesse)

"O Clavis David" (Key of David)

"O Oriens" (Dawn)

"O Rex Gentium" (King of the Nations)

"O Emmanuel" (Emmanuel)
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Title Annotation:spirituality cafe
Author:Schlumpf, Heidi
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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