Advent Devotional Antiphons: Veni, Veni Emmanuel!

Titles of the Messias taken from the Prophet Isaiah: Sapientia, Adonai, Radix Jesse, Clavis David, Oriens, Rex Gentium, Emmanuel.

“O come, O Wisdom from on high,

who ordered all things mightily;

to us the path of knowledge show

and teach us in its ways to go.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.

“O come, O come, great Lord of might,

who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height

in ancient times did give thy Law

in cloud and majesty and awe.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.

“O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free

thine own from Satan’s tyranny!

From depths of hell thy people save,

and give them victory o’er the grave.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.

“O come, O Key of David, come

and open wide our heavenly home.

Make safe for us the heavenward road

and bar the way to death’s abode.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.

“O come thou Day-spring, come and cheer

our spirits by thine Advent near!

Dispel the shadows of the night

and turn our darkness into light.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.

“O come, O King of nations, bind

in one the hearts of all mankind.

Bid all our sad divisions cease

and be thyself our King of Peace.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.

“O come, O come, Emmanuel,

and ransom captive Israel

that mourns in lonely exile here,

until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.”