O Come, Wisdom

Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 5 we begin our Advent-Christmas Series "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" based on the hymn of the same title with "O Come, Wisdom."  Services start at 7:30PM (also 7:30PM on Thursday, December 6 at Trinity Lutheran in Elgin).

The youth will serve supper from 5:30-7:00 as a fundraiser, please support them.



O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who ord'rest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel!

The theme of this Advent–Christmas season is “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” derived from both the popular hymn.  The popular version, translated by the Rev. John Mason Neale in rhymed poetry, often departs from the original Latin.  Traditionally, one antiphon was chanted on each of the seven days before Christmas.  The antiphons generally derive from the prophecies of Isaiah and follow a rough chronology through history until the coming of Emmanuel, Hebrew for "God [is] with Us" (see Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23)