Text and Illustrations taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Madonna and Child,
by Michelangelo
(1501-1504).
Brügge Cathedral,
"Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk", Belgium.
Photo: 7 February 2005.
Author: Elke Wetzig (elya).
(Wikimedia Commons)
O Radix Jesse.
The Great O Antiphon
for 19 December.
Available on YouTube at
19 December: Isaias xi. 10.
O Radix Jesse,
qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem Gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos,
jam noli tardare.
O Root of Jesse,
who standest for an ensign of the people,
before whom kings shall keep silence,
and unto whom the Gentiles shall make their supplication:
come to deliver us,
and tarry not.
V. Rorate.
"Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justium . . ."
"Ye heavens, drop down from above, and let the clouds rain down the Just One."
"Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justium . . ."
"Ye heavens, drop down from above, and let the clouds rain down the Just One."
So very beautiful. It draws us back to the meaning of Christmas rather than the divisions within HMC.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Richard, for your kind Comment.
ReplyDeleteI do agree. Advent, and the Great O Antiphons, provide a wonderful opportunity to think about what REALLY is just about to happen at Christmas and to put it, and everything else, into perspective.
Compared with the coming event at Christmas, everything else becomes almost irrelevant (almost).
A Very Happy, Holy & Peaceful Christmas to you, your family, and all Readers of Zephyrinus.