Day 1 Antiphon

O Wisdom of our God Most High,
guiding creation with power and love:
come to teach us the path of knowledge!

Traditional

O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end, mightily and sweetly ordering all things: come and teach us the way of prudence.

Latin: O Sapientia

O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.

Hymn

O come, thou Wisdom from on high,
Who orders 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!

Isaiah 11:2-3

The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him:
a spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
A spirit of counsel and of strength,
a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD,
and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD.

Sirach 24:1-3

Wisdom sings her own praises,
among her own people she proclaims her glory.
In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth,
in the presence of his host she tells of her glory:
“From the mouth of the Most High I came forth,
and covered the earth like a mist.”

Wisdom 8:1

Indeed, she spans the world from end to end mightily
and governs all things well.