The Great O Antiphons. 22 December.

English: Adoration Of The Shepherds (Detail).

Deutsch: Anbetung der Hirten, Detail.

Artist: Guido Reni (1575–1642).

Date: 1630 - 1642.

Current location: Certosa di San Martino, Naples, Italy.

Source/Photographer: http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product/74265/theadorationoftheshepherds

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"O Rex Gentium".

The Great O Antiphon for 22 December.

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

22 December: Aggeus ii. 8; Ephesians ii. 14, 20

O Rex Gentium,

et desideratus earum,

lapisque angularis,

qui facis utraque unum:

veni, et salva hominem,

quem de limo formasti.

O King of the Gentiles,

and The Desired of them,

Thou cornerstone that makest both one,

come and deliver man,

whom Thou didst form out of

the dust of the Earth.

Versicle. Rorate.

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

“Ye Heavens, drop down from above,

and let the clouds rain down The Just One”.

“Rorate Caeli”.

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