O Come, O Come Emanuel: Christ the Morning Star

O Antiphon for December 22

Latin:

O Oriens,

splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:

veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

English:

O Morning Star,

splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:

Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. 

O Come, O Come Emanuel

Latin:

Veni, veni O Oriens,

solare nos adveniens,

noctis depelle nebulas,

dirasque mortis tenebras.

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

nascetur pro te Israel!

 English:

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer

our spirits by thine Advent here;

disperse the gloomy clouds of night

and death's dark shadow put to flight.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

Scripture references: Isaiah 9:2; 60:1-2