1. 13 A kind of swooning,[www.Sentencedict.com] An evening prayer.

2. They are the antiphons that accompany the Magnificat canticle of Evening Prayer from December 17-23

3. 7 He thought he might because evening prayer on Good Friday was in a way a funeral service.

4. These Antiphons introduce the Magnificat, or canticle of Mary, at evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, from December 17 th through December 23 rd .

5. The Great O Antiphons, written by Benedictines around the sixth century, are the Antiphons used before the Magnificat at Evening Prayer (Vespers) from December 17 to 23, the last seven days of Advent

6. One of these ancient traditions is the O Antiphons: seven responses, or Antiphons, that are sung or recited to introduce the canticle of Mary (the Magnificat) at evening prayer from December 17 to December 23, the octave before Christmas.

7. Those seven Antiphons all begin with the "O," and thus became known as "The O Antiphons." Composed in the sixth or seventh century, the O Antiphons are used in vespers (evening prayer) and the Masses for December 17-23

8. (Antiphons are short sentences sung or chanted before the recitation of a psalm or canticle.) The Antiphons of Evening Prayer which we see in the week before Christmas welcome the birth of the Savior by heralding one of His resplendent Biblical titles along with …

9. They are the Antiphons that accompany the Magnificat canticle of Evening Prayer from December 17-23.They are a magnificent theology that uses ancient biblical imagery drawn from the messianic hopes of the Old Testament to proclaim the coming Christ as the fulfillment not only of Old Testament hopes, but