[Salvation]

This is the last day of the O Antiphons. I hope you enjoyed them!

[Salvation]

The O Antiphons: 23 December

O Emmanuel

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

ENGLISH: O Emmanuel, God with us, our King and lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: come to save us, O Lord our God.

Listen to this chant from the Liber Usualis: mp3

Also, the schola of the North American College in Rome (a bit faint): mp3.

Scripture Reference:

Isaiah 7:14; 8:8
Matthew 1:23
Haggai 2:7

Relevant verse of  Veni, Veni Emmanuel:

O come, o come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.

The version from the Dominican antiphonarium: