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The "O" Antiphons |
THE "0" ANTIPHONS
O Wisdom, (O Sapientia)
Who came from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all
things mightily and sweetly, COME, and teach us the way of salvation.
O Lord of Lords, (O Adonai)
And Leader of the house of Israel, COME, and with outstretched arms redeem us.
O Root of Jesse, (O Radix Jesse)
Who stands for an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and unto
whom the Gentiles shall pray, COME, to deliver us and delay not.
O Key of David, (O Clavis David)
And Scepter of the House of Israel, COME, and bring forth from his prison the captive that
sitteth in darkness and the shadow of death.
O Dawn of the East, (O Oriens)
Brightness of the light eternal, COME, and enlighten them that sit in darkness and the
shadow of death.
O King of the Gentiles, (O Rex Gentium)
And the desired of them, COME, and deliver man whom Thou didst form out of the dust of the
earth.
O Emmanuel, (O Emmanuel)
God with us, our King and Lawgiver, the expected of all the nations, COME, and save us, O
Lord our God."
