This is the "O Antiphon" book I made to study/celebrate the last week of Advent.The "O Antiphons" refer to the seven antiphons that are recited (or chanted) preceding the Magnificat during Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours. They cover a special period of Advent preparation known as the Octave before Christmas, Dec. 17-23. The importance of "O Antiphons" is two-fold: Each one highlights a title for the Messiah: O Sepentia (O Wisdom), O Adonai (O Lord), O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse), O Clavis David (O Key of David), O Oriens (O Rising Sun), O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations), and O Emmanuel. Also, each one refers to the prophecy of Isaiah of the coming of the Messiah ( O Clavis David).
If you click on the second photo you can see that after I added a piece of dark green metallic card stock to the backs of the "book", I added a paper with all the antiphons explained on the left side. In the right side we have placed blocks (painted gold with symbols drawn on) for each day of the octave. I put them all in so you could see them, but really, there are only 5 in there today. Next year, I'd like to do a better job with the pictures on the blocks. I really like how this turned out. Thanks to all the ladies over at 4Real who shared all their "O Antiphon" ideas--that's how I came up with this.
