Preparing Our Hearts for Christmas: O Radix Jesse
The O Antiphons are a set of liturgical prayers prayed during evening prayers over the last few days of Advent. They are a beautiful way to prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming, so I’m sharing them with you each day for the next week, along with some scripture verses and my own short prayer for each day. Read this post to learn more about the O Antiphons.
December 19th: O Radix Jesse
“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.”
Click here to hear this antiphon in Latin.
“A shoot shall come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” (Isaiah 11:1)
“On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.” (Isaiah 11:10)
May the root of Jesse, the only true King from the line of kings, he who rules over all the earth, come to each of us this day.
Rejoicing in the journey - Bethany Stedman