Category: O Antiphons

On the Season of Pre-Advent

The Resumed Sundays after Epiphany One of the peculiarities of the Traditional Liturgical Calendar is its inclusion of the ‘resumed’ Sundays after Epiphany. In years...

The Vigil of the Nativity of Mary

A Collect for the Vigil of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ANT. Crastina die in ascensu diluculi egredietur stella ex Jacob divini luminis...

Christ’s Manifestation in Mary

Stella Ista The fifth antiphon for the Epiphany is a sweet, yet somehow haunting, seventh mode melody. As it is sung again and again, at...

Mary and the Light of the First Day

Light like a Nebula The creation of light on the first day, three days before the creation of the sun, exerts a certain fascination upon...