The “O Antiphons” are the antiphons recited or chanted preceding the Vespers Gospel Canticle (the Magnificat) used in the Divine Office in the seven days (December 17-23) immediately preceding the Solemnity of Christmas.
Dec. 22:
O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,
lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:
veni, et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti.
O King of all the nations, the only joy of every
human heart; O Keystone of the mighty arch of
man: Come and save the creature you fashioned
from the dust.
The “O Antiphons” are the antiphons recited or chanted preceding the
Vespers Gospel Canticle (the Magnificat) used in the Divine Office in the seven days (December 17-23) immediately preceding the Solemnity of Christmas.
Dec. 23:
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
expectratio gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos,
Domines, Deus noster.
O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the
nations, Savior of all people: Come and set us
free, Lord our God.