Catechetics
Catholic Curiosities
The other day I picked up a pamphlet about a Novena to St. Jude in the back pew of Church. To those who work for the Church this is a regular occurance. It’s a sort of chain-letter kind of thing: Make this Novena to St. Jude Publish in a newspaper the results OR leave a [...]
All I want for Christmas is a Big XII Trophy
Nothing would taste sweeter than to see Big XII Commissioner Dan Beebe have to swallow his pride and present NU with the Big XII championship trophy to be hauled off to the new and improved Big Ten next year. By the way, throughout antiquity it was very common to take artifacts from those defeated in [...]
O Antiphons – Messianic Titles
If we arrange the titles of the O Antiphons in reverse order, we receive a lovely message: ero cras, Latin for “tomorrow, I will come.” Take a look at the chart below: MESSIANIC TITLES OF THE “O” ANTIPHONS Date Title Language Translation Dec 17th Sapientia Latin Wisdom Dec 18th Adonai Hebrew LORD Dec 19th Radix [...]
O Antiphons – Emmanuel – Dec 23
The final O antiphon appears tonight. The title of our God that is truly remarkable: God-with-us, or in Hebrew, Emmanuel. How blessed we are that the Creator of everything chooses to become part of His creation; to enter into this world as one of us. O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior [...]
O Antiphons – King – Dec 22
The Lord comes with a surprising title tonight Rex Gentium means “King of the Nations.” O King of all the nations, the only joy of every human heart; O Keystone of the mighty arch of man, come and save the creature you fashioned from the dust. The children of Israel awaiting their messiah did not [...]
O Antiphons – Radiant Dawn – Dec 21
Tonight’s antiphon speaks to the brilliance of the Son, not the sun. O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. Many of us stumble about through life with little direction. Easily moving from one fad to another. Why is that? [...]
O Antiphons – Key of David – Dec 20
Tonight’s antiphon speaks to the saving power of Christ. The “key of David” is the key that unlocks heaven for all the righteous dead awaiting the messiah. O Key of David, O royal Power of Israel controlling at your will the gate of heaven: come, break down the prison walls of death for those who [...]
