{"id":294,"date":"2020-12-09T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/?p=294"},"modified":"2020-12-09T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T11:56:38","slug":"o-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2020\/12\/09\/o-come\/","title":{"rendered":"O Come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another break from Letters to Benedict to post some O antiphons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional O Antiphons begin on 17th December but you can easily start a bit earlier by making up your own. Here&#8217;s a few to give you some ideas, based on my recent observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O heater of chestnuts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thank you Jesus, that you feed us.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O sitter in doorways<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disturb us, homeless Jesus.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O sun dancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From the margins of the cosmos, come and dance with us Jesus.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O morning blackbird  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Come to your broken world, Jesus.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also written some short prayers to accompany the traditional Os. Here they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Wisdom (17th December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lend me your wisdom, Jesus  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O majesties (18th December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I look to you for inspiration, majestic one.<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O root of Jesse (19th December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May I be rooted in Jesus<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O key of David (20th December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May I be open to Jesus  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/locked-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/locked-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/locked-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/locked-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/locked-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/locked.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>A locked door on the Severn Way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>O rising sun (21st December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Welcome, risen One<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O ruler of nations (22nd December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Welcome, kindom builder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Emmanuel (23rd December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Enrol us in your company, Always-with-us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet Lees 09.12.2020 in Longdendale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another break from Letters to Benedict to post some O antiphons. Traditional O Antiphons begin on 17th December but you can easily start a bit earlier by making up your own. Here&#8217;s a few to give you some ideas, based on my recent observations. O heater of chestnuts Thank you Jesus, that you feed us. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2020\/12\/09\/o-come\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;O Come&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advent","category-prayer","category-welcome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}