Tuesday 19 December 2023

The Great O Antiphons. 19 December.



“Madonna and Child”,
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

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

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.


“Rorate Cæli”.
Gregorian Chant for Advent.
Available on YouTube

Versicle. Rorate.

“Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justium . . .”

“Ye Heavens, drop down from above,
and let the clouds rain down The Just One.”

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