Description

Each day for seven days, rest in one of the seven O Antiphons: short, jewel-like titles of the Savior that have shaped Christian prayer for a thousand years. Through Scripture, the Fathers and Mothers of the Church, Carmelite wisdom, and guided contemplative practice, you will be invited to discover how Christ’s coming touches the deepest places of your life.

Over seven pre-recorded 60-minute sessions accessed via our learning platform, you will:

• Encounter Christ by name — each O Antiphon names an aspect of who God is for us (Wisdom, Adonai, Root of Jesse, Key of David, Dayspring, King of the Nations, Emmanuel). These names become doorways into prayer.
• Pray more deeply — each session includes a short teaching, a word-for-word guided contemplative prayer, extended silence, and small-group sharing rooted in listening.
• Recover inner order and freedom — learn how ancient titles of Christ free us from patterns of fear, busyness, and fragmentation by inviting us into a pragmatic and gentle interior transformation.
• Root theology in experience — patristic insight and Carmelite contemplative practice meet lived spirituality, so theology becomes prayer and prayer becomes life.
• Become a bearer of light — as you are formed in waiting, you learn practical ways to bring Christ’s presence to your home, workplace, and parish.

You will have access to the videos for one month. 

Gems you’ll discover …

• Wisdom that orders life (O Sapientia): practical contemplative practices that help you make day-to-day decisions from a place of prayer, not pressure.
• Freedom in the fire (O Adonai): how God’s law becomes a liberating love that melts fear and restores dignity.
• Hope from what seems barren (O Radix Jesse): an invitation to see new shoots of grace in the places you feel cut down.
• Keys to inner prisons (O Clavis David): a contemplative method for identifying locked parts of the heart and opening them with Christ.
• Dawn in the darkness (O Oriens): practices to let Christ’s light transfigure anxiety and grief into healing.
• Unity from the cornerstone (O Rex Gentium): concrete ways your reconciled heart can become a place of peace for others.
• God with us (O Emmanuel): a renewal of the sense of God’s abiding presence — practical, intimate, life-changing.

Who this retreat is for?

• Anyone longing for a deeper Advent — whether you’re new to contemplative prayer or experienced in the life of silence.
• Those who want Scripture and Tradition to shape daily spirituality.
• People who want practical, gentle tools for bringing prayer into family, work, and community life.

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