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Download PDF  O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay. All peoples are waiting for you, O King of nations. Deep down they know it: There must be the One who truly loves us; There must be the One […]

Download PDF  O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. When Thou, O Sun of righteousness, arisest, thus diffusing the uncreated light, You pierce through all darkness and everywhere comes life, true life. There is nothing that can dim

Download PDF O Key of David and Sceptre of the house of Israel, Who dost open and no man doth shut, Who dost shut and no man doth open, come and bring forth from his prisonhouse the captive that sitteth in darkness and in the shadow of death. “All power in heaven and on earth

Download PDF 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. In many parts of the world, O Lord, Your sign is raised up: the sign of the Cross. Exalted

Download PDF O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel, Who didst appear to Moses in the flame of the burning bush, and didst give unto him the Law on Sinai: come and with an outstretched arm redeem us. O Adonai, Father of life! You never forsook man, even when he turned his back

Download PDF O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from one end to the other, mightily and sweetly ordering all things: Come and teach us the way of prudence. You, O Wisdom, bring everything into holy order, for You come from the Eternal Father. Thou dost penetrate all things and,

Download PDF Isa 56:1-3, 6-8 Thus says the Lord: Make fair judgement your concern, act with justice, for soon my salvation will come and my saving justice be manifest. Blessed is anyone who does this, anyone who clings to it, observing the Sabbath, not profaning it, and abstaining from every evil deed. No foreigner adhering

Download PDF Isa 54:1-10 Shout for joy, barren one who has borne no children! Break into cries and shouts of joy, you who were never in labour! For the children of the forsaken one are more in number than the children of the wedded wife, says Yahweh. Widen the space of your tent, extend the

Download PDF Lk 14:25-33 Reading from the memorial of St. John of the Cross Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. No one who does

Download PDF NOTE: Today is the last day of the series on “Advent in Apocalyptic Times.” If anyone would prefer to listen to a meditation on the reading or the gospel of the day, you can find it at the following link: http://en.elijamission.net/2021/12/14/ In the midst of the darkness, a light shines… It is the