I hope this Advent season finds you successfully preparing for Christmas. We all prepare for Christmas by shopping and partying and traveling and eating great food. I hope you have also had a chance during the Advent season to prepare in a spiritual sense as well for the joy of Christ's arrival on Christmas day. To that end, I offer you the O Antiphons, ancient prayers that are over 1300 years old. This series of seven prayers begins today and ends on December 23. Here is today's Antiphon:
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodidisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviter disponensque omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.
For those among you whose Latin is rusty, here's a translation:
O Wisdom, who came from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly; come, and teach us the way of prudence.
You may recognize the gist of this prayer from a verse in a common Christmas hymn that is based on the O Antiphons. I'll tell you what it is tomorrow. Until then, my prayer for today is that during this season of preparation, in which we are all very busy running to and fro, you take an opportunity to reflect on the wisdom that Christ showed us during his time on earth.
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