Thursday, 22 December 2022

Pause in Advent 22nd December - O Antiphons - O Rex Gentium

 Listen, Read, Reflect;


From the Bible;

For a child has been born for us, a son given us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."                                                                                  Isaiah 9:6

"He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore."                                                                                                         Isaiah 2:4

"But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.                                                        Isaiah 64:8

Also compare Isaiah 28:16 and Ephesians 2:14

 

The Antiphon;

O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,

lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:

veni, et salva hominem,

quem de limo formasti.

 

 In English; 

O King of the nations, and their desire,

the cornerstone making both one:

Come and save the human race,

which you fashioned from clay.



from the hymn;

O come, Desire of nations, bind
All peoples in one heart and mind;
Bid envy, strife and quarrels cease;
Fill the whole world with heaven’s peace.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.


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