{"id":27582,"date":"2026-09-01T21:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?p=27582"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:44:20","slug":"o-radius-the-dawn-of-the-sun-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/o-radius-the-dawn-of-the-sun-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"O Radius: The Dawn of the Sun of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We continue preparing for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady by singing the Marian O Antiphons at Vespers. Today we see sing <em>O Radius<\/em>. Once again, we recorded it!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b><em>ANT.<\/em> <\/b><em>O Radius divin\u00e6 claritatis, candor lucis \u00e6tern\u00e6, splendidior sole lumineque pulchrior, Virgo Maria! Noli tardare, cito veni, et illumina mentes nostras, ut oriatur in tenebris lux tua.<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>ANT. <\/b> O Ray of Divine Glory, radiance of Eternal Light, more brilliant than the sun, more beautiful than its light, O Virgin Mary! Delay not, quickly come, and illumine our minds that thy light may arise in the darkness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><em>\u2123. Omnia te exspectant, Domina.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u211f. Veni jam, noli tardare.<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u2123. All things await thee, our Lady.<br \/>\n\u211f. Come now, tarry not.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><em>Oremus.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Inclina, qu\u00e6sumus, Domine, aures tuas ad preces nostras, ut qui Pr\u00e6signationem Beatissim\u00e6 Virginis Mari\u00e6 celebramus, ad vitam \u00e6ternam pr\u00e6signati, in c\u0153lesti Jerusalem collocari mereamur. Per Christum Dominum Nostrum. Amen.<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Let us pray<br \/>\nBend down Thine ears to our prayers, O Lord, so that we who celebrate the way the Blessed Virgin Mary was signified beforehand even in the old law, may, having been predesignated unto eternal life, merit to be gathered together in the heavenly Jerusalem. 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-27582-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ORadius.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ORadius.mp3\">https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ORadius.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The Marian O Antiphons are rich in Scriptural allusions. This antiphon references Wisdom 7:26 and 7:29:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIERAH\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Wisdom 7:26:<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong> &#8220;For she is the <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">brightness of eternal light<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong> (<em class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">candor est enim lucis \u00e6tern\u00e6<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/em>), and the unspotted mirror of God&#8217;s majesty.&#8221;<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span><!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/li>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIERAI\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Wisdom 7:29:<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong> &#8220;For she is <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">more beautiful than the sun<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong> (<em class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">splendidior est sole<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/em>), and above all the order of the stars: being compared with the <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">light<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong>, she is found <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">before it<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong> (<em class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">lumini comparata invenitur prior<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/em>).&#8221;<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Also referenced are Isaiah 9:2 and the <em>Benedictus<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Isaiah 9:2:<\/strong> &#8220;The people that walked in <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">darkness<\/strong> have seen a <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">great light<\/strong>: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">light is risen<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Luke 1:78\u201379 <\/strong><em>(Benedictus)<\/em><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">:<\/strong> &#8220;&#8230;the Orient from on high hath visited us. To <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">enlighten them that sit in darkness<\/strong> and in the shadow of death&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The oft repeated <em>n<\/em><em>oli tardare<\/em> (tarry not) may be a reference to Habakkuk 2:3:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Habakkuk 2:3:<\/strong> &#8220;&#8230;if it delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">it shall not be slack<\/strong> (<em class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">non tardabit<\/em>).&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See also Psalm 70:5:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">&#8220;&#8230;Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">make no delay<\/strong> (<em class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Domine, ne moreris<\/em>).&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/the-presignation-of-mary-in-the-old-law\/\">our post in 2024<\/a>, we discussed how all things were in shadow before Mary came. Mary signals the coming of the Light, thus Mary is the dawn that goes before the rising of the sun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We continue preparing for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady by singing the Marian O Antiphons at Vespers. Today we see sing O Radius. Once again, we recorded it! ANT. O Radius divin\u00e6 claritatis, candor lucis \u00e6tern\u00e6, splendidior sole lumineque pulchrior, Virgo Maria! 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