{"id":27569,"date":"2026-08-31T21:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?p=27569"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:13:36","slug":"o-aurora-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/o-aurora-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"O Aurora: Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the days leading up to the Nativity of Our Lady, the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle (Silverstream Priory) sings a special set of Marian antiphons based on the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/category\/o-antiphons\/\"><em>O Antiphons<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, August 31st, we sing\u00a0<em>O Aurora.\u00a0<\/em>Two years ago,<a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/o-antiphons-for-the-marian-new-year\/\"> we posted a meditation<\/a> on it as the beginning of the Marian New Year.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a few schola members made a recording of it. Have a listen below!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><em><b>ANT. <\/b> O Aurora valde rutilans mane absque nubibus! Quando apparebis consurgens pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol? O Virgo formosissima! Veni jam, noli tardare, et ostende lumen tuum sedentibus in tenebris et in umbra mortis.<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>ANT. <\/b> O Dawn shimmering greatly in the morning without clouds! When shalt thou appear, arising, fair as the moon, elect as the sun? O Virgin most beautiful! Come now! Tarry not, and show thy light to those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><em>\u2123. Ecce tenebr\u00e6 operiunt terram.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u211f. Et caligo populos.<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u2123. Behold, darkness covers the earth.<br \/>\n\u211f. And thick darkness the peoples.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><em>Oremus<\/em>.<br \/>\n<em>Dignare, Domine, corda nostra benedictionibus grati\u00e6 tu\u00e6 pr\u00e6venire ; ut cujus Nativitatem expectamus, Sanctissim\u00e6 Genitrici tu\u00e6 digne placere possimus. Qui vivis et regnas in s\u00e6cula s\u00e6culorum. Amen.<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Let us pray.<br \/>\nDeign, O Lord, to precede our hearts with the blessings of Thy grace that we may be able to please worthily Thy most holy Mother, whose nativity we are awaiting. Thou Who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-27569-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OAurora.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OAurora.mp3\">https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OAurora.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the days leading up to the Nativity of Our Lady, the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle (Silverstream Priory) sings a special set of Marian antiphons based on the famous O Antiphons. 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