The Last Week
in
Advent
The Year 2007The Last Week of Advent
December 17-24
Antiphon on the Venite, daily:
The Lord is now at hand: Come let us adore him.When used, the hymn Vox, clara ecce intonat, either the Breviary form or#57 in the 1982 Hymnal, daily until December 24.
December 17
Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:The Lord will surely come, * and will not tarry: and will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will manifest himself to all nations, alleluia.
Antiphon before and after Canticle 9:Mountains and all hills * shall be abased, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. Come, O Lord, and tarry not, alleluia.
Hymn 59, dailyAntiphon before and after the Benedictus:
Are you he * that should come, or do we look for another? Go, and tell John those things you see: the blind receive their sight, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them, alleluia.Hymn 60, dailyAntiphon before and after the Magnificat:
O Wisdom, you came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and reach from one end of the earth to the other, mightily and sweetly ordering all things: Come and teach us the way of prudence.December 18Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:
Drop down, O heavens from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation.Antiphon before and after Canticle 10:
Reward them all, O Lord, who wait for you, and let your prophets be found faithful.Antiphon before and after the Benedictus:
Awake, awake, * put on strength, O arm of the Lord.Antiphon before and after the Magnificat:
O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel, you appeared in the bush to Moses in a flame of fire, and gave him the law on Sinai: Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.December 19
Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:The prophets did foretell that a Savior should be born of the Virgin Mary.
Antiphon before and after Canticle 11:Behold, the Lord shall come that he may sit among princes, and inherit the throne of glory.
Antiphon before and after the Benedictus:I will place salvation in Zion, and in Jerusalem my glory, alleluia.
Antiphon before and after the Magnificat: O Root of Jesse, you stand for an ensign of the people, before you kings shall shut their mouths, and nations shall bow in worship: Come and deliver us, do not delay.December 20Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:
From Zion draws near the Lord Almighty to bring salvation unto his people.Antiphon before and after Canticle 13:
Lo, he is my God, and I will give him honor: my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Antiphon before and after the Benedictus:
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.Antiphon before and after the Magnificat:
O Key of David, and Scepter of the house of Israel, you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open: Come and bring the prisoners out of the prison house, those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death.December 21
Antiphon on the Venite:The Lord, the King of the Apostles, come let us adore him.
When used, the hymn Aeterna Christi munera,#233 in the 1982 Hymnal.Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their word into the ends of the world.Antiphon before and after Canticle 12
Proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day.Antiphon before and after the Benedictus and the Magnificat:
Because you have seen me, Thomas, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed, alleluia.For the Commemoration of Advent:
O Day-spring, Brightness of the light everlasting, and Sun of Righteousness: Come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. December 22
Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:Be steadfast, and see the salvation of the Lord with you.
Antiphon before and after Canticle 19:God shall come from Lebanon, and his brightness shall be as the light.
Antiphon before and after the Benedictus:Blessed are you O Mary, for you have believed the Lord: and there shall be a fulfillment in you of those things which were told you from the Lord, alleluia.
Antiphon before and after the Magnificat:O King of nations and their desire; you are the Cornerstone, who makes us both one: Come and save mankind, whom you formed of clay.The Collect for Advent 4.
December 23
Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:Consider how great and glorious is he who enters in for the salvation of his people.
Antiphon before and after Canticle 12:The word of the Lord shall be looked for as the rain, and as the dew shall our God come down on us.
Antiphon before and after the Benedictus:Behold all things are fulfilled which were spoken by the Angel to the Virgin Mary.
Antiphon before and after the Magnificat: O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the desire of all nations and their salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our God.December 24Antiphon on the Venite:
You shall know this day that the Lord will come: and in the morning you shall see his glory.When used, the hymn Veni, redemptor gentium, #55 in the 1982 Hymnal.
Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:O Judah and Jerusalem, do not be dismayed: go forth tomorrow, and the Lord himself will be with you, alleluia.
Antiphon before and after Canticle 9:The Lord will come, go out to meet him, saying: Great is his dominion, and of his kingdom there shall be no end: the mighty Lord, the Governor, the Prince of Peace, alleluia.
Antiphon before and after the BenedictusThe Savior of the world shall arise as the sun: and shall come down into the Virgin’s womb, as the showers upon the grass, alleluia.
Evening Prayer Antiphon before and after the Psalms of the Day:Lift up your heads, for behold your redemption draws near.
Antiphon before and after the MagnificatWhen the sun has risen in the heavens, you shall see the King of kings, proceeding from the Father, as a bridegroom out of his chamber.
The CollectO God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
A Christmass Bidding PrayerDear People of God:
In this Christmass season, let it be our duty and delight to hear once more the message of the Angels, to go to Bethlehem and see the Son of God lying in a manger.
Let us hear and heed in Holy Scripture the story of Gods loving purpose from the time of our rebellion against him until the glorious redemption brought to us by his holy Child Jesus, and let us make this place glad with our carols of praise.
But first, let us pray for the needs of his whole world, for peace and justice on earth, for the unity and mission of the Church for which he died, and especially for his Church in our country and this parish neighborhood.
And because he particularly loves them, let us remember in his Name the poor and helpless, the cold, the hungry and the oppressed, the unemployed, the sick and those who mourn, the lonely and the unloved, the aged and little children as well as all those who do not know and love the Lord Jesus Christ.
Finally, let us remember before God his pure and lowly Mother, and that whole multitude which no one can number, whose hope was in the Word Made Flesh, and with whom, in Jesus, we are one for evermore.
And now, to sum up all these petitions, let us pray in the words which Jesus Christ himself taught us, saying:
Our Father. . .
Antiphon before and after Canticle 17: Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping.May Almighty God, who sent his Son to take our nature upon him, bless us in this holy season, scatter the darkness of sin and brighten our hearts with the light of his holiness; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be upon us and remain with us always. Amen.
