[7] 23 December

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O Em- man- u- el, * our King and Law-giv- er,

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the De-sire of all na-tions and their Sav-ior : come and save
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-b`b b Gb b b b b Fb b b b b Sb b b b b b Db b b b b b db b b b ]b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b O Wis-dom, * who came forth from the mouth of the
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us, O Lord our God.
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Most High, reaching from end to end and or-der-ing all things
[8] 23 December
In some places it is the custom to begin the Greater Antiphons on 16 De-
cember. In which case the following antiphon is sung on 23 December :
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might-i- ly and sweet-ly : Come and teach us the way of
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O Vir-gin of vir-gins,*how shall this be ? For neith-er pru- dence.

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be-fore you was an- y like you, nor shall there be af- ter.
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-b`b b bGb b b b b Gb b b b bGb b b b Gb bvb vGb b b b Gb b b b b Gb b b b b b b Gb b b b Gb b b b bGb b b b bGb b b b b Fb b b b Db b b b gb b b ] O A- do- nai, * and Lead-er of the house of
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Daughters of Je- ru- sa- lem, why do you mar- vel at me ?

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-b`b b Gb b b b b Gb b b b b b b Gb b b b b bHb b b b bGb b b b b gb b b { b b bGb b b bGb b b bGb b b b b bfb b b bSb b b bDb b b b db b b ]b b b b ra- el, who appeared to Mos- es in the flame of the burning
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The thing which you be- hold is a di- vine mys-ter- y.
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bush, and gave him the law on Si- nai : Come, and with an
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Translations and chant settings by Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B., Copyright 2009 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, out-stretched arm, re- deem us.
St. Meinrad, IN 47577-1010 U.S.A. All rights reserved. Institute of Sacred Music, Archdiocese of Saint Louis,
5200 Glennon Drive, St. Louis, MO 63119-4330 weber@kenrick.edu
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O Root of Jes- se, * who stand for an en- sign of O Dayspring, * brightness of e- ter- nal Light and
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the peo-ple, be-fore whom kings shall re-main si-lent, and Sun of Jus-tice : Come and en-light-en those who sit in dark-

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un- to whom the Gen-tiles shall make sup- pli- ca- tion : come ness and in the shad- ow of death.
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to de- liv- er us and do not de- lay.
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O Key of Da-vid, * Scep-ter of the house of Is- O King of na-tions * and their De-sired, the Cor-
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ra- el, who o- pen, and no one clos- es, who close and ner-stone who make both one : come and save man-kind whom

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no one o- pens : come and lead forth from his pris-on the cap- you fashioned out of clay.
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tive sit-ting in darkness and in the shad-ow of death.