Thursday, December 23, 2010

O come Emmanuel

In our Evening Prayer today we use the last of the 7 great O Antiphons, O Emmanuel.


O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.

O Immanuel, you are our king and judge,
the One whom the peoples await and their Saviour.
O come and save us, Lord, our God.

Isaiah prophesied:

"The Lord himself, therefore, will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and shall give birth to a son whom she will call Emmanuel." (Isaiah 7:14)

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