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The Eve of the Nativity of our Lord
Listen to this hymn chanted.
Jesus, the Father’s only Son,
Whose death for all redemption won;
Before the worlds, of God most high
Begotten all ineffably.
The Father’s light and splendor Thou,
Their endless hope to Thee that bow;
Accept the prayers and praise today
That through the world Thy servants pay.
Salvation’s Author, call to mind
How, taking form of humankind,
Born of a Virgin undefiled,
Thou in man’s flesh becam’st a child.
Thus testifies the present day,
Through every year in long array,
That Thou, salvation’s source alone,
Proceedest from the Father’s throne.
Whence sky, and stars, and sea’s abyss,
And earth, and all that therein is,
Shall still, with laud and carol meet,
The Author of Thine advent greet.
And we who, by Thy precious blood
From sin redeemed, are marked for God,
On this the day that saw Thy birth,
Sing the new song of ransomed earth:
For that Thine advent glory be,
O Jesus, Virgin-born, to Thee;
with Father, and with Holy Ghost,
From men and from the heavenly host. Amen.
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Christe, Redemptor omnium, 6th century, trans. by J.M. Neale
*An excerpt from The Brotherhood Prayer Book
The Brotherhood Prayer Book: O Antiphon for December 23
“O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations and their Salvation : Come and save us, O Lord our God.”
- December 23: O Emmanuel
- The Magnificat
*Chanted by Pr. Sean Daenzer to the Gregorian tones in The Brotherhood Prayer Book, beginning on page 397. The order for singing this Vespers canticle is Antiphon, Magnificat, Antiphon. Read the introductory post about O Antiphons here.
The Brotherhood Prayer Book: O Antiphon for December 22
“O King of the Nations, and their Desire, the Cornerstone who makest both one : Come and save mankind, whom thou formedst of clay.”
- December 22: O King of the Nations
- The Magnificat
*Chanted by Pr. Sean Daenzer to the Gregorian tones in The Brotherhood Prayer Book, beginning on page 397. The order for singing this Vespers canticle is Antiphon, Magnificat, Antiphon. Read the introductory post about O Antiphons here.
The Brotherhood Prayer Book: O Antiphon for December 21
“O Dayspring, Brightness of Light Everlasting, and Sun of Righteousness : Come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death.”
- December 21: O Dayspring
- The Magnificat
*Chanted by Pr. Sean Daenzer to the Gregorian tones in The Brotherhood Prayer Book, beginning on page 397. The order for singing this Vespers canticle is Antiphon, Magnificat, Antiphon. Read the introductory post about O Antiphons here.
The Brotherhood Prayer Book: O Antiphon for December 20
“O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel, that openest and no man shutteth, that shuttest and no man openeth : Come and bring the prisoners out of the prison-house, them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death.”
- December 20: O Key of David
- The Magnificat
*Chanted by Pr. Sean Daenzer to the Gregorian tones in The Brotherhood Prayer Book, beginning on page 397. The order for singing this Vespers canticle is Antiphon, Magnificat, Antiphon. Read the introductory post about O Antiphons here.
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