"I remember when I first heard the song, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”  I was in 2^nd grade at Saint Ambrose School in Rochester, NY.  As a youngster coming to terms with the fascinating yet confusing way the adult world was organized, I did not know what to think of it.  “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” did not have the frolicking levity of “Jingle Bells” or the sweet piety of “Silent Night,” which were the only other songs I associated with Christmas back then.  Nonetheless, it certainly fell into the “religious” category, because we were told “Emmanuel” is another name for Jesus, and both the singer and we were waiting for Christmas to come.  Good enough."

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Question to ponder: How do you now understand the O Antiphons?

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