O Come, O Come Emmanuel - this carol along with Let all mortal flesh is one Im drawn to early in advent because it expresses that longing, that longing for Emmanuel, God with us, His presence. Once again Im impressed the longevity, the history of this beautiful antiphon (call and response) the text that dates back to the 8th century, the chant to the 12th century, that was used in 15th century France as a Franciscan Requiem procession. Most of our hymn books show five verses, but there are actually seven. Each verse highlights one of the names for the Messiah - Emmanuel, God with us, Adonai, Giver of the law, Branch of Jesse, refers to Jesus linage, Oriens, the morning or daystar, Key of David, refers also to Jesus linage - the one with the keys to heaven. The actual latin: Emmanuel, Rex, Oriens, Clavis, Radix, Adonai, Sapientia - the Latin words ero cras are formed, to create an acrostic meaning, Tomorrow, I will come. This is lost in translation, but what a beautiful thing the monks did who wrote the text in creatively expressing this longing for the Messiah through a poetic form that spells out I will come. The Messiah has come, is coming to our longing souls every day, and will come, which leads to the response Rejoice! Joy. Here is a beautiful version by BYU Vocal Point- thehttps://youtube/watch?v=AdR79P-2ewo
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:48:55 +0000
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