O Rex Gentium: O King of the Gentiles - December 22

O Rex Gentium: O King of the Gentiles

This O Antiphon makes today a “little” Ash Wednesday: Come, and deliver man, whom you formed out of the dust of the earth. This plea is that God will save all humanity, all He created and formed from the dust of the earth. Come Lord Jesus breathe the breath of your life into us and make us one.

O Rex Gentium
O King of the gentiles/nations and their desired One,

the cornerstone that makes both one:

come, and deliver man,

whom you formed out of the dust of the earth.

This Antiphon is based on the following scripture:

Isaiah 28:16 “Therefore, thus says the Lord God: See, I am laying a stone in Zion, a stone that has been tested, a precious cornerstone as a sure foundation; he who puts his faith in it shall not be shaken.”

Psalm 118:22 “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.”

Matthew 21:42 “Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes’?””

Mark 12:10 “Have you not read this scripture: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone…””

Luke 20:17 “But he looked at them and asked, “What then does this scriptures passage mean: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?”

Acts 4:11 “He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.”

Ephesians 2:20 “build upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.”

Revelation 15:3 “and they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are your works, Lord God almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the Nations.””

 

O Come O Come Emmanuel

Latin

Veni, veni, Rex Gentium, Veni

Redemptor omnium,

ut salvas tuos

famulos Peccati sibi conscious.

English

O come Desire of nations,

bind in one the hearts of all mankind;

Bid every strife and quarrel cease

And fill the world with heaven’s peace.

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O Clavis: O Key of David - December 20

O Clavis David: O Key of David

We have reached our fourth night in the Christmas Octave the O Clavis: O Key of David. Jesus the descendent of David, son of Jesse is the one “who has the Key” to unlock us from our prison of sin. Jesus is the one “who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens.”

Keys represent authority; the one with the key has the authority. Jesus, who came to us at Bethlehem, has never left us. He entrusted the keys to His Church to “bind and to loose” to Peter after the Resurrection, to hand down in succession. Come Lord Jesus, help us to trust, believe and follow, knowing that Your key is the key that unlocks our cell, and bondage to sin.

O Clavis

O Key of David, and scepter of the House of Israel,
who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens:
Come, and bring forth the captive from his prison,
he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death.

This Antiphon is based on the following scripture:

Isaiah 22:22 “I will place the key of the House of David on his shoulder; when he opens, no one shall shut, when he shuts, no one shall open.”

Isaiah 42:6-7 “I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.”

Matthew 16:19 “I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven”

Revelation 3:7 “The the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write this: ‘The holy one, the true, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one shall close, who closes and no one shall open.’”

O Come O Come Emmanuel

Latin

Veni, Clavis Davidica,

Regna reclude caelica,

Fac iter Tutum Superum,

Et claude vias inferum.

English

O come, Thou Key of David,

come, and open wide our heav’nly home,
Make safe the way that leads on high,

That we no more have cause to sigh.

From the Splendor of Turth, YouTube Francis xcc Channel

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O Adonai: O Lord and Ruler of the House of Israel - December 18

O Adonai: O Lord and Ruler of the House of Israel

Today is the second of the O Antiphons, O Adonai, Hebrew for Lord. Out of reverence, devout Jews substituted Adonai for the name of Yahweh, YHWH, The Great I AM. 

As Moses approached the burning bush, so we must approach the Divine Savior.  He comes to us at Christmas as a child and every day at Mass, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity,  in the Consecrated Host.  We should  fall upon our knees and put off the shoes from our feet, for this place is Holy Ground.....we are in the presence of The Great I Am. Come Lord with outstreached hands to redeem us, Your sons and daughters, Your creation.  Show us Your will, give us the grace to follow Your Truth, Your Wisdom and Your Way. Come O Lord, Come.

O Adonai

O Adonai and ruler of the house of Israel,

Who appeared to Moses in the burning bush

and gave him the Law on Sinai:

come with an outstretched arm and redeem us.

This antiphon is based on the follwing scripture:

Exodus 3:2 There an angel of the Lord appeared to him in fire flaming out of a bush.  As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed.

Exodus 3:5 God said, "Come no nearer! remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground."

Exodus 3:13-14 But, said Moses to God, when I go to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you,  if they ask me, What is his name? What am I to tell them? God replied, I am who am. Then he added,This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.

Exodus 6:6 Therefore, say to the Israelites: I am the Lord. I will free you from the forced labor of the Egyptians and will deliver you from their slavery.  I will rescue you by my outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

O Come O Come Emmanuel

Latin

Veni, veni, Adonai,

qui populo in Sinai

legem dedisti vertice

in maiestate gloriae

English

O come, o come, Thou Lord of might,

who to thy tribes on Sinai's height

in ancient times did give the law,

in cloud, and majesty, and awe.

 

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Art

Moses and the Burning Bush

Attributed to Dirk Bouts