Fourth Sunday of Advent

ANTIPHONS (following Vespers)

1. (Joel 2:1)  Blow ye the tumpet in Sion, for the day of the Lord is near:  behold He shall come to save us, alleluia, alleluia!

2. (Agg. 2:8)  Behold the Desired of all nations shall come:  and the house of the Lord shall be filled with glory, alleluia.

3. (Is. 40:4)  The crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain:  come, O Lord, and tarry not, alleluia.

4. (Is. 9:6)  The Lord shall come, go forth to meet Him, saying:  Great is His sovereignty, and of His kingdom there shall be no end:  God the mighty, the Lord, the Prince of peace, alleluia, alleluia.

5. (Wis. 18: 15)  Thine almighty Word, O Lord, shall come forth from Thy royal throne, alleluia.

Antiphon at the Magnificat:  O Antiphon, according to the day:

THE GREATER ADVENT ANTIPHONS OR GREAT O's

December 17  Ecclus. 24:5; Wis. 8:1     O Wisdom, Which camest out of the mouth of the Most High,
reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly: come and teach us the way of prudence.

December 18  Ex. 3:2; 20:1     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.

December 19  Is. 11:10     O Root of Jesse, Which standest for an ensign of the people, before Whom kings shall keep silence, Whom the Gentiles shall beseech:  come and deliver us, and tarry not.

December 20  Is. 22:22;
                       Apoc. 3:7; Lk. 1:79     O Key of David, and Scepter of the house of Israel, that openest and no man shutteth, and shuttest and no man openeth: come and bring the prisoner forth from the prison-house, and him that sitteth in darkness and in the shadow of death.

December 21  Ps. 106:10     O Day-Spring, Brightness of light eternal, and Sun of Justice, come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

December 22  Agg. 2:8;
                       Eph. 2:14,20     O King of the Gentiles and the desire thereof, Thou cornerstone that makest both one, come and deliver mankind, whom Thou didst form out of clay.

December 23 Is. 7:14; 33:22     O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the desire of the nations and the Savior thereof, come to save us, O Lord our God.