"O Antiphons"

The seven "O Antiphons" (also called the "Greater Antiphons" or "Major Antiphons") are prayers that come from Vespers (Evening Prayer) in the Liturgy of the Hours (Breviary)  during the Octave before Christmas Eve, a time which is referred to as the "Golden Nights."  Each Antiphon begins with "O" and addresses Jesus with a unique title which comes from the prophecies of Isaiah and Micah and whose initials, when read backwards, form an acrostic for the Latin "Ero Cras" which means "Tomorrow (that is, Christmas Day) I come". The titles for Christ are:

• Sapientia 
• Adonai 
• Radix Jesse 
• Clavis David 
• Oriens 
• Rex Gentium 
• Emmanuel 

Today's antiphon is O Wisdom (O Sapientia):
O wisdom, coming forth from the Most High, filling all creation and reigning to the ends of the earth; come and teach us the way of truth. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
[Ecclesiasticus 24.3-9 Proverbs 1:20; 8; 9 and 1 Corinthians 1:30]

O come, thou wisdom from on high
Who madest all in earth and sky,
Creating us from dust and clay:
To us reveal salvation's way.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel.