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Prayer for the fourth Sunday of Advent
O Lord, we beseech Thee, stir up Thy power and come; and with great might deliver us, that with the help of Thy grace, Thy merciful forgiveness may hasten what our sins impede. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Singing of Hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
O come, Thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heav’nly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery.
Rejoice, rejoice! O Israel, to thee shall come Emmanuel.
Daily Advent prayer
Hail and blessed be the hour and the moment in which the Son of God was
born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour
vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior
Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.
(Imprimatur, Michael Augustine Corrigan, Archbishop of New York, Feb. 6, 1897)
Use these antiphons for prayer and meditation in this last week of Advent.
Dec. 19: O ROOT OF JESSE, Who standest as an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall not open their lips, to whom the nations shall pray, come and deliver us, tarry now no more.
Dec. 20: O KEY OF DAVID, and scepter of the house of Israel, who openest and no man shutteth, who shuttest and no man openeth, come and lead the captive from prison, sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Dec. 21: O ORIENT, Splendor of Eternal Light and Sun of Justice, come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Dec. 22: O KING OF NATIONS, and their Desired One, the Cornerstone that makes both one, come and save man whom Thou formed out of the slime of the earth.
Dec. 23: O EMMANUEL, our King and Lawgiver, the Expectation and Savior of the nations, come and save us, O Lord our God.
Dec. 24: When the sun shall have risen in the heavens, ye shall see the King of Kings coming from the Father, as a Bridegroom from his bride chamber.