The Great O Antiphons. 19 December.

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

http://youtu.be/VFE7B-DZ8_w.

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."