The Great
O Antiphons
From December 17 through December 23, the Magnificat is sung or said
daily, using the following antiphons:
December
17, O Sapientia
O Wisdom, you came forth from the mouth
of the
Most High, and reach from one end of the earth to the other, mightily
and sweetly ordering all things:
Come and teach us the way of prudence.
December
18, O Adonai
O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel,
you
appeared in the bush to Moses in a flame of fire, and gave him the law
of Sinai:
Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.
December
19, O Radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, you stand as an ensign
to the
peoples, before you kings will shut their mouths, and nations bow in worship:
Come and deliver us, and tarry not.
December
20, O Clavis David
O Key of David, and Scepter of the house
of Israel,
you open and no one can shut, you shut and no one can open:
Come and bring the captives out of the prison house, those who sit in
darkness and in the shadow of death.
December
21, O Oriens
O Dayspring, Brightness of the Light Eternal,
and
Sun of Righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
December
22, O Rex gentium
O King of the nations, and their Desire,
you are the
cornerstone who makes us both one:
Come and save the creature whom you fashioned from clay.
December
23, O Emmanuel
O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire
of
all nations and their Salvation:
Come and save us, O Lord our God.
