Antiphons

CURRENT:
  • During Lent, through the Saturday before Palm Sunday: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
FULL CYCLE:

 Through the Year ("Ordinary Time")
  • After Epiphany to the Eve of Candlemas (02 February): The Lord has made manifest his glory: O come, let us adore him.
  • From Candlemas (02 February) to the Saturday before Pre-Lent/Septuagesima Sunday* (the Third Sunday before Ash Wednesday): The Lord shines forth as a light in the darkness: O come, let us adore him.
  • [SEE BELOW FROM SEPTUAGESIMA TO TRINITY SUNDAY]
  • Through the Year after Trinity Sunday ("Ordinary Time"), to the Saturday before Advent begins: With all your saints we adore you, O Lord. 
  • [SEE BELOW FROM ADVENT TO EPIPHANY]
On Feasts and Solemnities
  • On Feasts of the Incarnation and of the Blessed Virgin Mary: [Eastertide: Alleluia.] The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us: O come, let us adore him. [Eastertide. Alleluia.]
  • On Saints' Days: [Eastertide: Alleluia.] The Lord is glorious in his saints: O come, let us adore him. [Eastertide. Alleluia.]
Seasons
  • Advent: Our King and Savior draws near: O come, let us adore him.
  • Late Advent:
    • December 17: O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge!
    • December 18: O Leader of the House of Israel, giver of the Law to Moses on Sinai: come to rescue us with your mighty power!
    • December 19: O Root of Jesse’s stem, sign of God’s love for all his people: come to save us without delay!
    • December 20: O Key of David, opening the gates of God’s eternal Kingdom: come and free the prisoners of darkness!
    • December 21: O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come and shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death.
    • December 22: O King of all nations and keystone of the Church:  come and save man, whom you formed from the dust!
    • December 23: O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law: come to save us, Lord our God!
  • December 24: Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.
  • Christmastide: Alleluia. A child is born to us, a son is given: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.
  • Epiphany: The Lord has made manifest his glory: O come, let us adore him.
  • [SEE ABOVE BETWEEN EPIPHANY AND SEPTUAGESIMA]
  • Pre-Lent (Septuagesima or Third Sunday before Ash Wednesday) through Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras: Come let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake would endure temptation and suffering.
  • During Lent, through the Saturday before Palm Sunday: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
  • Holy Week: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.
  • Good Friday: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake was obedient, accepting even death.
  • Holy Saturday: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake suffered, died, and was buried.
  • Eastertide (from Easter Sunday until Ascension Eve): Christos anesti! Alithos anesti! or Christus resurrectus! Vere resurrectus est! or Christ is risen! He is truly risen!
  • Ascensiontide (from Ascension Thursday until Pentecost Eve): Alleluia. Christ the Lord has ascended into heaven: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.
  • From Pentecost Sunday until the Eve of Trinity Sunday: Alleluia. The Spirit of the Lord has descended upon us: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.
  • On Trinity Sunday: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one God, almighty and eternal: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.
  • [SEE ABOVE THROUGH THE YEAR AFTER TRINITY SUNDAY]

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* One element of the traditional liturgical calendar that was lamentably suppressed in the Post-Vatican II reforms was a short period before the beginning of Lent, generally known as "Septuagesima" after the designation of the Sunday with which it commenced. In Latin, Lent is called the season of "Quartagesima" ("Fortieth," after the notion that it is the forty days before Easter); the Sunday before the beginning of Lent is called "Quinquagesima" ("Fiftieth"), the one before that, "Sexagesima" ("Sixtieth") and finally the one before that, "Septuagesima" ("Seventieth"); the numbers are obviously not exact. Septuagesima Sunday, the third Sunday before Ash Wednesday, signaled the beginning a two-and-a-half-week "Pre-Lenten" period which brought purple vestments and the suppression of the Alleluia as well as the Gloria during Mass, although the penances of Lent would not begin until Ash Wednesday.

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Note on sources: These antiphons are adapted from the following....

  • The Liturgy of the Hours, Ordinary, p. 533, and passim.
  • The Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham: Daily Prayer for the Ordinariate, pp. 28-29
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