December 15, 2014

A seagull is silhouetted against the sun at dawn during a partial solar eclipse on Guadalmar Beach in Malaga, Spain, Jan. 4, 2011. The partial eclipse was visible near sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia. (CNS photo/Jon Nazca, Reuters)

"O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, fill us with wonder and delight. As a child, I wondered how we could be surprised by Jesus's coming; after all, it happened every year. For me, some of the wonder was lost in its repeated action. Through the years, I have learned that the wonder of Jesus' coming isn't that he came; it is that he is still coming. Every day. He comes to me in my friends, my relatives, and in all those I meet. In the eyes of those I see each day I find Him alive. That's the wonder."

- Sr. Deborah Peters, OSB

During Advent 2013, NCRonline.org invited the sisters of the Monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kan., to contribute O Antiphons; Global Sisters Report is sharing some of them this year in Visual Life. You can read the full series as it is republished this month here.

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