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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Jesse Tree - Day 18: O Lord of Israel

The O Antiphons are Magnificat antiphons sung or recited at Vespers from December 17-23. Each antiphon is a name of Christ, one of his attributes mentioned in Scripture.


Day 18: O Lord of Israel

Symbols: burning bush, stone tablets

Mosaic of Moses and the Burning Bush in the National Shrine in Washington DC.
The Lord, with outstretched arms on the Cross, comes to redeem us.
Taken by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P., some rights reserved
Exodus 3:1-6, 6:6, 19:16-19, 20:1-6
O Adonai [Lord], and leader of the House of Israel,
who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush
and gave him the law on Sinai:
Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.