Wednesday, December 20, 2006 AD
20th December: O Clavis David
O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;you open and no one can shut;
you shut and no one can open:
Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,
those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
- cf. Isaiah 22.22, 42.7
O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
Labels: advent, o-antiphons, turvey abbey
