19th December – O Radix Jesse
John H Saturday 19th December, AD 2009
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples;
before you kings will shut their mouths,
to you the nations will make their prayer:
Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.
- cf. Isaiah 11.10, 45.14, 52.15; Romans 15.12
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
- Tags: Advent, O Antiphons, Turvey Abbey
- Categories: Theology
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