Here is the sample from today's antiphon:
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
"O" Antiphons in Latin!
Listen to the O Antiphons in Latin over at WorshipConcord.wordpress.com. They feature essentially the same psalm tone provided by Deacon Dulas, along with the visual from the chant book.
Here is the sample from today's antiphon:
Here is the sample from today's antiphon:
Deacon Dulas: "O Emmanuel"
Here's the 7th in the series on the "O" Antiphons by Deacon Jerry Dulas.
Listen to today's antiphon at lutherantimeout.org.
The final "O" antiphon prepares us for the Nativity of our Lord.
In addition to the prophetic title of Emmanuel, four other titles comprise this "O" antiphon: King, Lawgiver, Expectation of the Nations, and Savior. These four titles of the promised Messiah, sum up the other "O" antiphons, and in fact all the other "O" antiphons have a mood of expectation, and waiting. This one speaks as if the event that has been long expected has already happened. And in this sense it prepares us for birth of our God in the flesh. The four titles used in this "O" antiphon each play a role in the promised blessing of this "O" antiphon, which is that our Lord God will save us.
The first two titles, "King" and "Lawgiver," are common titles of the Messiah. The combination of the two titles is found in the Prophet Isaiah (33:22), "For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save us." (NKJV) This Scripture passage summarizes today's "O" antiphon.
How does a king save? He rules with justice and dispenses His gifts to those who serve Him for their benefit. Our Lord Jesus, Who left His kingdom of heaven, to be born into our flesh, now sits on the right hand of the the Father as our king, interceding for us, and judging all those who believe on Him to be innocent and holy, for the sake of His suffering and death for us.
How does a lawgiver save? He upholds the laws, and our dear Lord Jesus, for us, fulfills the Law perfectly, then He takes on our sentence of death upon Himself, so that we might have eternal life with Him. In these two names, our dear Lord Jesus, is truly Emmanuel; "God with us," for He makes He makes His dwelling place to be amongst us for and for our benefit out of His great love for us.
The next two titles, "Expectation of the Nations" and "Savior" shows us that the promised Messiah, is not just for the Jews, but is also the Expectation and Savior of the Gentiles. This was foretold by Jacob in His words of blessing to his sons on his death bed. (Genesis 49:10) "The scepter shall not be taken away from Judah, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations." (Douay-Rheims) The One Whom the Jews waited for, has now become the One all nations wait for during the season of Advent. He is the Savior of all mankind, especially those that believe on Him.
And now all those who believe on Him, call Him by the Name that sums up all the prophetic titles of the seven "O" antiphons, that is, "our Lord and God."
Deacon Dulas also provides this setting from Liber Usualis. It is a different psalm tone than the one you'll here on Time Out.
Deacon Dulas is ordained into the pastorate and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (eldona.org). In his own words, "My call is to serve as deacon and missionary-at-large to MN and WI at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Tony, WI. We are starting a mission here in Mayer, MN, and the surrounding area called St. Matthew Ev. Luth. Mission."
Listen to today's antiphon at lutherantimeout.org.
~~~~~
The final "O" antiphon prepares us for the Nativity of our Lord.
O Emmanuel,
Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio gentium,
et Salvator earum:
Veni, ad salvandum nos
Domine Deus noster.
O Emmanuel*,
our King and Lawgiver,
the Expectation of the Nations
and their Savior:
Come, and save us,
O Lord our God.
*not usually translated; means "God with us"
In addition to the prophetic title of Emmanuel, four other titles comprise this "O" antiphon: King, Lawgiver, Expectation of the Nations, and Savior. These four titles of the promised Messiah, sum up the other "O" antiphons, and in fact all the other "O" antiphons have a mood of expectation, and waiting. This one speaks as if the event that has been long expected has already happened. And in this sense it prepares us for birth of our God in the flesh. The four titles used in this "O" antiphon each play a role in the promised blessing of this "O" antiphon, which is that our Lord God will save us.
The first two titles, "King" and "Lawgiver," are common titles of the Messiah. The combination of the two titles is found in the Prophet Isaiah (33:22), "For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save us." (NKJV) This Scripture passage summarizes today's "O" antiphon.
How does a king save? He rules with justice and dispenses His gifts to those who serve Him for their benefit. Our Lord Jesus, Who left His kingdom of heaven, to be born into our flesh, now sits on the right hand of the the Father as our king, interceding for us, and judging all those who believe on Him to be innocent and holy, for the sake of His suffering and death for us.
How does a lawgiver save? He upholds the laws, and our dear Lord Jesus, for us, fulfills the Law perfectly, then He takes on our sentence of death upon Himself, so that we might have eternal life with Him. In these two names, our dear Lord Jesus, is truly Emmanuel; "God with us," for He makes He makes His dwelling place to be amongst us for and for our benefit out of His great love for us.
The next two titles, "Expectation of the Nations" and "Savior" shows us that the promised Messiah, is not just for the Jews, but is also the Expectation and Savior of the Gentiles. This was foretold by Jacob in His words of blessing to his sons on his death bed. (Genesis 49:10) "The scepter shall not be taken away from Judah, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations." (Douay-Rheims) The One Whom the Jews waited for, has now become the One all nations wait for during the season of Advent. He is the Savior of all mankind, especially those that believe on Him.
And now all those who believe on Him, call Him by the Name that sums up all the prophetic titles of the seven "O" antiphons, that is, "our Lord and God."
O Lord and God, come, and save us.
Be born in our flesh,
suffer and die for us
with outstretched arms on Calvary,
make the tree of the cross a banner for all nations,
open to us the gates of heaven
by Thy holy and blessed means of grace,
and bring us out of the fetters of sin and death.
Enlighten this dark world full of sin
by Thy radiant, eternal, life-giving light,
and bind all nations, both Jews and Gentiles,
into one, holy nation,
so that all those who call upon Thee as Emmanuel
and rejoice in Thy incarnation
may have the eternal joy and peace
which Thou freely givest;
Who livest and reignest with the Father,
and the Holy Ghost,
ever one God,
world without end.
Amen.
~~~~~
Deacon Dulas also provides this setting from Liber Usualis. It is a different psalm tone than the one you'll here on Time Out.
~~~~~
Deacon Dulas is ordained into the pastorate and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (eldona.org). In his own words, "My call is to serve as deacon and missionary-at-large to MN and WI at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Tony, WI. We are starting a mission here in Mayer, MN, and the surrounding area called St. Matthew Ev. Luth. Mission."
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Advent IV: Sound of Majesty
As is the tradition, Sound of Majesty is celebrating Advent one Sunday at a time.
The Dec. 20, 2009 broadcast for Advent IV features the following from the Lutheran Tradition:
The direct link to last Sunday's broadcast is here, and the playlist is here.
The Dec. 20, 2009 broadcast for Advent IV features the following from the Lutheran Tradition:
- Valparaiso University Chorale singing Hugo Distler's "Lo, How a Rose"
- Concordia Chicago Wind Symphony playing Jack Stant's "E'er the World Began to Be"
- The Gospel reading from the historic lectionary
- A reading from a sermon of Martin Luther for Advent IV
The direct link to last Sunday's broadcast is here, and the playlist is here.
Deacon Dulas: "O Rex Gentium"
Here's the 6th in the series on the "O" Antiphons by Deacon Jerry Dulas.
Listen to today's antiphon at lutherantimeout.org.
Today's "O" antiphon contains two prophetic Messianic types --
-- "King of the Gentiles" and "Desire of All" are those prophetic types. The promised blessing is the salvation of all those formed from clay, that is, all mankind.
This antiphon departs strikingly from the previous five. In the first five, the Messiah is spoken of and promised to the Jews. But in this one the Messiah, our dear Lord Jesus, is proclaimed to be the "King of the Gentiles."
This title is found in Scripture in the Prophet Jeremiah (10:7). No longer is He just the King of the Jews, which was proclaimed on the banner above His head on the cross, but now He is proclaimed as the King of all Nations.
There were allusions to the salvation of the Gentiles in other "O" antiphons, but here it is explicitly stated. This King of the Gentiles will save mankind, whom He formed from the dust of the earth; out of clay.
The Messiah is also proclaimed as the "Desire of All." This title comes from the Prophet Haggai (2:7) and is also a beautiful bass recitative in Handel's Messiah. All those who were formed by Him, now desire Him and the salvation that He brings. They desire Him because He is the "cornerstone that binds two into one." The two into one, is a reference to the Jews and Gentiles becoming one nation. This new nation will be built upon the cornerstone, that is, the chief cornerstone, who is our dear Lord Christ.
This idea of the Messiah being the "cornerstone" has much scriptural evidence, especially in the Prophet Isaiah (28:16). Also our dear Lord Jesus refers to Himself as the "cornerstone" in the synoptic Gospels (St. Matthew 21:42; St. Mark 12:10; and St. Luke 20:17), quoting the Psalmist (118:22). Upon this cornerstone has been built the Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. (St. Matthew 16:18) This imagery of a cornerstone is found also in the writings of the Apostles, where St. Peter quotes Jesus both in the Acts of the Apostles before the Jewish council (4:11), and he quotes the Prophet Isaiah in his epistle (1 Peter 2:6,7).
A cornerstone is the foundation upon which two walls are joined together in order to form one great wall. Those two "walls" in this antiphon, are the Jews and the Gentiles, and the cornerstone is our dear Lord Jesus. This reflects the words of the blessed Apostle, St. Paul, who states in his epistle to the churches of Galatia,
Our dear Lord Jesus unites all mankind into one people. Just as he formed one man out of the clay of the earth with His own hands, so now he creates one nation out of all people through His hands being nailed to a tree, which brings us salvation from sin and death.
And so, our Lord God Who was born in the flesh, and suffered and died with outstretched arms, and Whose banner has become the cross, and Who gives the Church the Key of Heaven to be used by the ones sent by Him, and Who has enlightened the whole Earth, now unites the whole world, both Jews and Gentiles, into one people, the people Whom He created out of the clay of the Earth, and Whom He saved by His death on the cross, and His rising again on the third day.
Deacon Dulas also provides this setting from Liber Usualis. It is a different psalm tone than the one you'll here on Time Out.
Deacon Dulas is ordained into the pastorate and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (eldona.org). In his own words, "My call is to serve as deacon and missionary-at-large to MN and WI at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Tony, WI. We are starting a mission here in Mayer, MN, and the surrounding area called St. Matthew Ev. Luth. Mission."
Listen to today's antiphon at lutherantimeout.org.
~~~~~
Today's "O" antiphon contains two prophetic Messianic types --
O Rex gentium,
et desideratus earum,
lapisque angularis,
qui facis utraque unum:
Veni, et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti.
O King of the Gentiles
and the Desire of all,
You are the cornerstone
that binds two into one:
Come, and save mankind
whom You fashioned out of clay.
[translation Pius Parsch]
-- "King of the Gentiles" and "Desire of All" are those prophetic types. The promised blessing is the salvation of all those formed from clay, that is, all mankind.
This antiphon departs strikingly from the previous five. In the first five, the Messiah is spoken of and promised to the Jews. But in this one the Messiah, our dear Lord Jesus, is proclaimed to be the "King of the Gentiles."
This title is found in Scripture in the Prophet Jeremiah (10:7). No longer is He just the King of the Jews, which was proclaimed on the banner above His head on the cross, but now He is proclaimed as the King of all Nations.
There were allusions to the salvation of the Gentiles in other "O" antiphons, but here it is explicitly stated. This King of the Gentiles will save mankind, whom He formed from the dust of the earth; out of clay.
The Messiah is also proclaimed as the "Desire of All." This title comes from the Prophet Haggai (2:7) and is also a beautiful bass recitative in Handel's Messiah. All those who were formed by Him, now desire Him and the salvation that He brings. They desire Him because He is the "cornerstone that binds two into one." The two into one, is a reference to the Jews and Gentiles becoming one nation. This new nation will be built upon the cornerstone, that is, the chief cornerstone, who is our dear Lord Christ.
Haggai 2:6,7 with Malachi 6:1
This idea of the Messiah being the "cornerstone" has much scriptural evidence, especially in the Prophet Isaiah (28:16). Also our dear Lord Jesus refers to Himself as the "cornerstone" in the synoptic Gospels (St. Matthew 21:42; St. Mark 12:10; and St. Luke 20:17), quoting the Psalmist (118:22). Upon this cornerstone has been built the Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. (St. Matthew 16:18) This imagery of a cornerstone is found also in the writings of the Apostles, where St. Peter quotes Jesus both in the Acts of the Apostles before the Jewish council (4:11), and he quotes the Prophet Isaiah in his epistle (1 Peter 2:6,7).
A cornerstone is the foundation upon which two walls are joined together in order to form one great wall. Those two "walls" in this antiphon, are the Jews and the Gentiles, and the cornerstone is our dear Lord Jesus. This reflects the words of the blessed Apostle, St. Paul, who states in his epistle to the churches of Galatia,
There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free,
there is neither male nor female;
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
(NKJV)
Our dear Lord Jesus unites all mankind into one people. Just as he formed one man out of the clay of the earth with His own hands, so now he creates one nation out of all people through His hands being nailed to a tree, which brings us salvation from sin and death.
And so, our Lord God Who was born in the flesh, and suffered and died with outstretched arms, and Whose banner has become the cross, and Who gives the Church the Key of Heaven to be used by the ones sent by Him, and Who has enlightened the whole Earth, now unites the whole world, both Jews and Gentiles, into one people, the people Whom He created out of the clay of the Earth, and Whom He saved by His death on the cross, and His rising again on the third day.
~~~~~
Deacon Dulas also provides this setting from Liber Usualis. It is a different psalm tone than the one you'll here on Time Out.
~~~~~
Deacon Dulas is ordained into the pastorate and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (eldona.org). In his own words, "My call is to serve as deacon and missionary-at-large to MN and WI at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Tony, WI. We are starting a mission here in Mayer, MN, and the surrounding area called St. Matthew Ev. Luth. Mission."
Next "O" Antiphon Post
The next O Antiphon post will hit later today, along with updates from Sound of Majesty and more good stuff for Advent IV.
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