Finding Your O Antiphon: An Advent Meditation

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Contemplative at Home

Lissy Clarke

40 episodes

2 weeks ago

Inspired by Lectio Divina and the Collatio, this podcast offers the listener sessions of guided, meditative, listening prayer around different passages of scripture.

Each episode will take you in to a deep place of listening in the Lord's presence where you will hear a gospel story read very slowly so that you can savour each word, imagine the scene vividly and perhaps even discern what the Holy Spirit is speaking into your own life through the text.

This prayer experience is ideal if you would like to interact with the Bible in a new way, deepen your prayer life, or understand Gods love for you more fully.

If you find Lectio Divina beneficial in a group but struggle to do it on your own, this podcast will provide the guidance you need.

Each episode will begin with a brief introduction to the text, guide the listener into a deep place of prayer, read the passage very slowly, twice, and then offer some questions for reflection or journaling.

For more information visit our website at contemplativeathome.com

I wish to thank and acknowledge Fr Finbarr Lynch SJ of Manresa House, Dublin who introduced and instructed me in the Collatio, from which all that I share with you in this podcast is derived.

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Finding Your O Antiphon: An Advent Meditation

Contemplative at Home

14 minutes 35 seconds

10 months ago

Finding Your O Antiphon: An Advent Meditation

A 15-minute guided meditation for Advent.

The Antiphons are short chants which appear throughout Christian liturgy, and feature in Ambrosian chant and Gregorian chant. The O Antiphons are sung in the final seven days before Christmas. Each short verse – one per day – calls on the Lord by a specific name (O Wisdom, O Adonai, O Key of David..), describes God’s character and attributes, and calls on the Lord to come and bring a gift anew. The modern version of these verses is the hymn O Come O Come Emmanuel.

There are many beautiful recordings of the O Antiphons, I always return to this one during Advent.

In this meditation I invite you to connect with your own O Antiphon – by what name do you address the Holy One? Why? And what do you hope the Lord will come and offer now?

By the end of this meditation you will have your own simple O Antiphon, and there is even an invitation to find a tune to hum it to if you wish. “The one who sings prays twice” St Augustine is credited with saying.

So as the birth of Christ draws near again — all blessings, dear ones.

For more Advent Meditations click this link. For Christmas Meditations, click this link.

Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.

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